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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 trees line the streets of Chacras de Coria?
(a) Ash.
(b) Sycamore.
(c) Oak.
(d) Poplar.

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

3. What is the tallest mountain in all the Americas?
(a) Mount Huascaran.
(b) Mount Aconcagua.
(c) Mount Denali.
(d) Mount Rushmore.

4. How much rain does the Atacama Desert get yearly?
(a) 12 inches.
(b) 0.6 inches.
(c) 6 inches.
(d) 16 inches.

5. How old was Harry Devert when he went missing?
(a) 35.
(b) 30.
(c) 28.
(d) 32.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does the author describe protests taking place in the U.S. in Chapter 19?

3. Who is the goddess that the hiking guide to the site at Machu Picchu asked the travelers to pray to?

4. What is the title of Chapter 17?

5. What is Salento known for growing?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who was Atahualpa and what happened to him?

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

6. How is Salta described?

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

8. How is Laura described in the narrative?

9. How is the Darien Gap described?

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

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