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

2. In what movie is the beach of Zihuatanejo featured in the final scene?
(a) Ghostbusters.
(b) The Goonies.
(c) Raiders of the Lost Ark.
(d) The Shawshank Redemption.

3. Whose painting arorned the wall of the Hollywood Hotel in Cali described in Chapter 14?
(a) Marilyn Monroe's.
(b) Prince's.
(c) Elizabeth Taylor's.
(d) Michael Jackson's.

4. At what elevation is Medellin said to sit in Chapter 12?
(a) 8,000 feet.
(b) 5,000 feet.
(c) 12,000 feet.
(d) 3,000 feet.

5. How many miles to go did the author have on his journey as noted in the opening of Chapter 15?
(a) 5,723.
(b) 6,661.
(c) 3,663.
(d) 1,535.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what elevation does Machu Picchu sit?

2. What is the elevation of Bogota?

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

4. Whose body was found in Mexico in Chapter 18?

5. Where did Cyrus grow up?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How is Salta described?

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

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

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

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

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