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

2. In what little town did the author and his friends stop at their first hotel in Patagonia in Chapter 19?
(a) Rosarito.
(b) Ensenada.
(c) Zihuatanejo.
(d) Tunuyan.

3. What American city does the author say Cartagena reminded him of in Chapter 12?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) New York.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Los Angeles.

4. What is the name of the sailboat that the author and Weston took to Columbia?
(a) The Fox.
(b) The Red Rose.
(c) The Wildcard.
(d) The Oracle.

5. What did the man on the remote ranch bring to the author and his companions the morning after they slept on his land in Chapter 19?
(a) Eggs with rice.
(b) Breakfast burritos.
(c) Porridge.
(d) Fresh doughnuts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose painting arorned the wall of the Hollywood Hotel in Cali described in Chapter 14?

2. How much money did the sailboat ride across the Darien Gap cost per person when the author looked it up in Chapter 11?

3. What, along with a single potato, was in the soup that Wenton and the author got for lunch during their travels in Peru?

4. Where was Harry Devert's last post from on social media that the author discovered in Chapter 10?

5. The author states in Chapter 15 that visiting Machu Picchu was a dream of his since what grade?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where did the author and Weston stay in Medellin? How is this setting described?

3. How did the author culminate his journey?

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

5. How did the author and Weston cross the Darien Gap?

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

7. Who was Atahualpa and what happened to him?

8. How is the Darien Gap described?

9. How is the setting of Salento described?

10. What did the author learn about the buildings in Panama City in Chapter 11?

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