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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 did the author and his friends go on a hunt for across the grocery stores of Puno in Chapter 17?
(a) Peanut Butter.
(b) Craft beer.
(c) Milk.
(d) Ground beef.

2. Where was Harry's destination when he disappeared?
(a) Paraguay.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Patagonia.
(d) Uruguay.

3. What is the title of Chapter 19?
(a) "God on the Trail."
(b) "Sex Hotels and Here Comes Mom."
(c) "The Cathedral Sits on the Temple."
(d) "Entering the Holy Land."

4. Where does the author's father live?
(a) Oakbridge, Tennessee.
(b) Spring Hill, Tennessee.
(c) Memphis, Tennessee.
(d) Wonderland, Tennessee.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of whose suicide did the author read about while staying with Laura?

2. How many miles to go did the author have on his journey as noted in the opening of Chapter 15?

3. What is the elevation of Bogota?

4. What wine is produced largely in the area around Mendoza?

5. For how long did the author and Weston stay in Cusco?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where did the author's mother meet up with him and Weston in Chapter 14? For what occasion?

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

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

5. Who was Atahualpa and what happened to him?

6. How is Laura described in the narrative?

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

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

9. How is the setting of Salento described?

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

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