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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 is the title of Chapter 16?
(a) "A New Continent."
(b) "Cocaine and Cute Little Mushrooms."
(c) "God on the Trail."
(d) "Empire Falls to Empire."

2. What did Weston say was the first ingredient in cocaine after coca leaf in Chapter 12?
(a) Water.
(b) Gasoline.
(c) Heroin.
(d) Gravel.

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

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

5. What is the elevation of Cusco?
(a) 9,000 feet.
(b) 10,000 feet.
(c) 12,700 feet.
(d) 12,000 feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What creatures abounded at the cafe that Weston and the author hiked to in the end of Chapter 13?

2. How many miles to go does the author describe having to his destination in the opening of Chapter 10?

3. What book by Anne Lamott did the author listen to during his ride through Argentina?

4. What is Salento known for growing?

5. Who was the captain of the sailboat that Weston and the author took to Columbia?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Weston and the author go camping outside Medellin? What was this experience like?

2. What were the author's perceptions of Weston when he used cocaine?

3. Why did the author's friends join him in Chapter 16? Where did they meet up?

4. How is Wayne described in Chapter 11?

5. What issues did the author and Weston have with their passports going to Columbia?

6. Who is Kelley and what were the author's feelings about her when she visited?

7. What happened when the indigenous woman showed Weston and the author a remote camping spot in Chapter 15?

8. Where did Weston say he was departing for soon in Chapter 15? Why?

9. What deaths did the author learn about in Chapter 18?

10. How is the Darien Gap described?

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