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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. How many miles are listed "to go" on the journey in the opening of Chapter 7?
(a) 11,834.
(b) 9,636.
(c) 5,746.
(d) 10,456.

2. At about what elevation is Mexico City, according to the author in Chapter 8?
(a) 7,300 feet.
(b) 6,200 feet.
(c) 6,400 feet.
(d) 8,100 feet.

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

4. When did the author's father set out on foot from New York to walk across America?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1975.

5. Where did Weston spend Christmas along the journey?
(a) Argentina.
(b) El Salvador.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Paraguay.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the author and Weston meet with executives from Instagram in San Francisco?

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

3. What date did the author pick to start out on his journey?

4. Where did the author's parents finish their walk across America?

5. What is the title of Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What bolstered Weston's and Jenkins's sense of comraderie in Chapter 6?

2. Where did Jenkins attend college and what did he study?

3. What was the author's planned journey? How long was it?

4. Who is Linda and how is she described?

5. What does the author remark about the TV show Will and Grace in Chapter 6?

6. How does the author describe the setting where he grew up in Chapter 6?

7. What paradox does the author describe in growing up in the Prologue?

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

9. What does "Warm Showers" refer to in the book?

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

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