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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 18?
(a) "A New Continent."
(b) "The Cathedral Sits on the Temple."
(c) "Cocaine and Cute Little Mushrooms."
(d) "All By My Argentina."

2. How long was the bus ride that the author and Weston took with the hostel company to go camping and look for mushrooms in Chapter 12?
(a) 2 hours.
(b) 1 hour.
(c) 45 minutes.
(d) 30 minues.

3. What kind of dog did Mariana have?
(a) An Australian shepherd dog.
(b) A Bernese mountain dog.
(c) A German shepherd dog.
(d) A pit-bull dog.

4. Where does the author describe protests taking place in the U.S. in Chapter 19?
(a) St. Louis, Missouri.
(b) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(c) Ferguson, Missouri.
(d) New York, New York.

5. Where did Weston say he was going away for a wedding in May in Chapter 15?
(a) Minnesota.
(b) Texas.
(c) Florida.
(d) Hawaii.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 14?

2. Who was impossible to beat when playing the "actor game" on the Machu Picchu hike in Chapter 16?

3. Approximately how many miles does the Darien Gap stretch, according to the author in Chapter 11?

4. Who was the king of Machu Picchu when it was infiltrated by Pizarro?

5. What is the title of Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How is the Darien Gap described?

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

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

7. How is the setting of Salento described?

8. How did the author culminate his journey?

9. How is Salta described?

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

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