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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose body was found in Mexico in Chapter 18?
(a) Harry Devert's.
(b) Anthony Bourdain's.
(c) Clay Duke's.
(d) Keith Andes's.

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

3. What kind of bicycle did the author ride on his journey?
(a) A Bajaj Avenger Cruise.
(b) A Royal Enfield Thunderbird.
(c) A Surley Long Haul Trucker.
(d) A Royal Enfield Himalayan.

4. How many miles to go did the author have on his journey as noted in the opening of Chapter 15?
(a) 3,663.
(b) 5,723.
(c) 1,535.
(d) 6,661.

5. Whose painting arorned the wall of the Hollywood Hotel in Cali described in Chapter 14?
(a) Prince's.
(b) Marilyn Monroe's.
(c) Michael Jackson's.
(d) Elizabeth Taylor's.

6. How many miles of road does the author describe riding between Cusco and La Paz in Chapter 17?
(a) 200.
(b) 400.
(c) 300.
(d) 500.

7. What is the elevation of Bogota?
(a) 8,600 feet.
(b) 1,500 feet.
(c) 7,300 feet.
(d) 9,500 feet.

8. Where did the author tell Parker and Ronnie to meet him and join him on his ride?
(a) Zihuatanejo.
(b) Mendoza.
(c) Jacaranda.
(d) Zitacuaro.

9. What kind of tea did the author drink before setting out on his hike to Machu Picchu?
(a) Pekoe tea.
(b) Chamomile tea.
(c) Coca tea.
(d) Mint tea.

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

11. At what elevation does Machu Picchu sit?
(a) 9,000 feet.
(b) 7,000 feet.
(c) 8,000 feet.
(d) 6,000 feet.

12. Where did the author's mother travel to finish the author's trip with him?
(a) Ensenada.
(b) Zitacuaro.
(c) Torres del Paine.
(d) Zihuatanejo.

13. What, along with a single potato, was in the soup that Wenton and the author got for lunch during their travels in Peru?
(a) A chicken foot.
(b) An ear of corn.
(c) A chicken beak.
(d) A chicken liver.

14. Where did the author stay with Laura?
(a) Rosarito.
(b) Salta.
(c) Zitacuaro.
(d) Zihuatanejo.

15. When was Machu Picchu rediscovered?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1856.
(d) 1990.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the author's father live?

2. What is the title of Chapter 11?

3. Who was impossible to beat when playing the "actor game" on the Machu Picchu hike in Chapter 16?

4. What was Harry Devert's profession before he gave up his job to travel?

5. What did Weston say was the first ingredient in cocaine after coca leaf in Chapter 12?

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