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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What English teacher of his did the author ask if she wore a thong in eighth grade?
(a) Mrs. Anderson.
(b) Mrs. Rosswell.
(c) Mrs. Shackleford.
(d) Mrs. Skawinski.

2. Who did Miguel describe as his son that is very smart and would work in the U.S. in Chapter 5?
(a) Michael.
(b) Alejandro.
(c) Rafael.
(d) Miguel.

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

4. Whose quote opens the Prologue to the book?
(a) James Baldwin's.
(b) Thomas Jefferson's.
(c) Henry David Thoreau's.
(d) Herbert Hoover's.

5. Where did the author's parents finish their walk across America?
(a) Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve.
(b) Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
(c) Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park.
(d) Jessie M. Honeyman State Park.

Short Answer Questions

1. What craft coffee shop did the author finally find through researching online to visit in Mexico City in Chapter 8?

2. When did the author's father set out on foot from New York to walk across America?

3. What does the name Jedidiah mean in Hebrew, according to the author?

4. Where did Weston spend Christmas along the journey?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Weston described?

2. Who inspired the author to take his journey? How?

3. What does the author write about travel in his opening Prologue?

4. What did the author see and learn in Zitácuaro?

5. How did Diego explain the name of El Tercer Lugar?

6. How does the young brain differ from the adult brain, according to the author in the Prologue?

7. What information does the author relate about the Mayan calendar in Chapter 8?

8. How do Mexicans view their history differently than Americans, according to the author in Chapter 8?

9. Who is Miguel and how did the author encounter him?

10. What prompted the author to take his journey across the Americas?

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