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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 – 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many "miles to go" are posted in the opening of Chapter 8?
(a) 10,740.
(b) 12,647.
(c) 9,535.
(d) 8,154.

2. What are the "alien-looking trees" that began to appear on the landscape in central Baja (88)?
(a) La Tipa.
(b) Boojums.
(c) Pumilio.
(d) Jacaranda.

3. How old was the author when his father surmised that his son might be gay?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

4. What creatures abounded at the cafe that Weston and the author hiked to in the end of Chapter 13?
(a) Bumblebees.
(b) Bats.
(c) Hummingbirds.
(d) Wasps.

5. About what Russian writer does the author describe reading a National Geographics article in Chapter 7?
(a) Vladimir Nabokov.
(b) Alexander Pushkin.
(c) Leo Tolstoy.
(d) Anton Chekhov.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Weston say he was going away for a wedding in May in Chapter 15?

2. Where did the author attend college and help a friend with a studen film?

3. With whom did the author and Weston stay in Guerrero Negro through the app Warm Showers?

4. Where did the author's mother describe getting hit by a car while walking across America in Chapter 9?

5. In what movie is the beach of Zihuatanejo featured in the final scene?

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