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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 king of Machu Picchu when it was infiltrated by Pizarro?

2. Where did Cyrus grow up?

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

4. Who was the captain of the sailboat that Weston and the author took to Columbia?

5. How much rain does the Atacama Desert get yearly?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did tensions begin mounting between the author and Weston in Chapter 15?

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

5. How is the setting of Salento described?

6. How did the author culminate his journey?

7. How is Wayne described in Chapter 11?

8. Who was Atahualpa and what happened to him?

9. How is the Darien Gap described?

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

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 completion of his journey. Where did his journey end? Why did he choose this ending site? What did he do to celebrate?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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