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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the captain of the sailboat that Weston and the author took to Columbia?
(a) James.
(b) Wayne.
(c) Wilson.
(d) Roger.

2. How old was the author when he realized he was gay?
(a) 14.
(b) 16.
(c) 12.
(d) 9.

3. What is the first town that the author describes after crossing the border from Oregon to California in Chapter 3?
(a) Smith River.
(b) Klamath River.
(c) Shasta River.
(d) Trinity River.

4. The author says in Chapter 2 that on their first night, he had in his mind that he wanted to sleep under a bridge because it was something that what writer would have done?
(a) James Joyce.
(b) Walt Whitman.
(c) James Baldwin.
(d) Jack Kerouac.

5. For how long did the author work for his friend Jason's nonprofit company?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 5 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was the author when his father surmised that his son might be gay?

2. After spending the night in the rain in a field offered by a Peruvian woman, who rescued the author and Weston by driving them to the next town in Chapter 15?

3. How much money did the sailboat ride across the Darien Gap cost per person when the author looked it up in Chapter 11?

4. What is the title of Chapter 5?

5. Who was the boy that teased the author at his new school in seventh grade for having a voice that was too high?

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