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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many miles did the author and Weston travel on their first day into the journey?
(a) 36.
(b) 60.
(c) 22.
(d) 45.

2. What military base would not let Weston ride his bike through without a helmet in Chapter 4?
(a) Camp Dublin.
(b) Camp Pendleton.
(c) Camp Knox.
(d) Sierra Army Depot.

3. What word does the author describe printed on the side of the boat that passed beneath him and Weston while they stopped on the Golden Gate Bridge?
(a) Treachery.
(b) Iliad.
(c) Oracle.
(d) Wanderer.

4. Where is the author's mother originally from?
(a) Alaska.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Missouri.

5. How many miles did the author and Weston have left to travel in the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) 9,345.
(b) 10,441.
(c) 12,252.
(d) 13,906.

6. What is the title of Chapter 8?
(a) "The Temptation of Home."
(b) "The Cathedral Sits on the Temple."
(c) "What Happens If I Go Home?"
(d) "The Coast is Clear."

7. What going-away present does the author describe his boss giving him in Chapter 3?
(a) A compass.
(b) A pocket knife.
(c) A backpack.
(d) A bicycle.

8. In what city did the author grow up?
(a) Nashville.
(b) Dallas.
(c) Austin.
(d) Houston.

9. With whom did the author and Weston stay on their last night in Oregon on the journey?
(a) Maria.
(b) Tina.
(c) Anna.
(d) Laura.

10. What is the title of Chapter 6?
(a) "The Temptation of Home."
(b) "The Coast is Clear."
(c) "Cartels and Coconuts."
(d) "Some Background as I Lose My Mind."

11. When did the author's parents end their walking journey across America?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1979.

12. Where did the author and Weston meet with executives from Instagram in San Francisco?
(a) Trouble Coffee.
(b) Coffee DuVall.
(c) Perkins Coffee.
(d) Peking Coffee.

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

14. For what periodical did the author's parents write about a journey where they walked across America in the 1970s?
(a) The New York Times magazine.
(b) Time magazine.
(c) National Geographic.
(d) The New Yorker.

15. What does the author describe eating at an overpriced dinner near Hearst Castle in Chapter 3?
(a) Burritos.
(b) Mushroom soup.
(c) Steak and potatoes.
(d) Chimichangas.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long was the author's father married to his stepmom before they divorced?

2. Who owned the hostel where the author and Weston stayed in Nexpa?

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

4. Where did the woman with her daughter drop off the author and Weston after Weston's bike tire blew out in Chapter 3?

5. Where had Andrew been a schoolteacher before he biked across the country?

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