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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. What date did the author pick to start out on his journey?

2. What is the author's friend Tank's real name?

3. What band did Weston tell the author he was not a fan of in Chapter 7?

4. Where did the author's mother describe getting hit by a car while walking across America in Chapter 9?

5. How many "miles to go" are listed in the opening of Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the author describe his religious background?

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

4. What did the author learn about the commerce of Nexpa when he arrived?

5. How did the author self-protect as he grew up?

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

7. How do Mexicans view their history differently than Americans, according to the author in Chapter 8?

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

9. How is Mexico City described by the author in Chapter 8?

10. What does "xenophobia" mean and how is it illustrated in the book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What led Weston to depart from the journey? Did the author provide foreshadowing for this event? How did Weston's departure from the journey change the narrative? How did it influence the mood and themes of the work?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's relationship with his father. How close is the author with his father? What does the author think of his father's girlfriend Kelley? How would you compare the author's relationship with his father with his relationship with his mother?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the history of the Incan Empire. When were the Incans vanquished? By whom where they conquered? What remains of the Incas?

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