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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 is Salento known for growing?

2. What is the stretch of high prairie between the border of Bolivia to La Paz called?

3. Where did Weston say he was going away for a wedding in May in Chapter 15?

4. What kind of trees are described in Chapter 19 as walling in the town of Malargue?

5. What is the tallest mountain in all the Americas?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Salta described?

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

3. Who was Atahualpa and what happened to him?

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

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

6. How did the author culminate his journey?

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

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

9. How is Laura described in the narrative?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define "xenophobia" and discuss how it is thematically explored in To Shake the Sleeping Self. What individuals express xenophobic traits? How? What statements is the author making regarding xenophobia?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Describe and discuss the author's experiences in Argentina. How did these settings differ from those in other parts of South America? What did the author do in Argentina? With whom did he stay?

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