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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the boy that teased the author at his new school in seventh grade for having a voice that was too high?

2. For how long does Miguel say he lived in Nebraska in Chapter 5?

3. What was Weston boiling into a potion when the author met up with him in Nicaragua in Chapter 9?

4. Where did the author's parents finish their walk across America?

5. To what does the author compare the Channel Islands in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe the setting where he grew up in Chapter 6?

2. What did Linda remark about Weston's behavior?

3. How does the author describe his name and its history in the Prologue?

4. Who is Miguel and how did the author encounter him?

5. Who is Linda and how is she described?

6. What did the author's parents do that was similar to his journey?

7. What caused the author's trip to be halted in Nexpa?

8. Who wrote the quote that opens the Prologue, and what does this quote mean?

9. What does "Warm Showers" refer to in the book?

10. What prompted the author to take his journey across the Americas?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's completion of his journey. Where did his journey end? Why did he choose this ending site? What did he do to celebrate?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the setting where the author began his journey. Why did he choose this setting? How is the setting described? What were his perceptions of this setting as the journey began?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of religion in To Shake the Sleeping Self. What is the author's religious background? What are his perceptions of religion? How do those perceptions change in the course of the narrative?

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