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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 the title of Chapter 17?

2. How long was the bus ride that the author and Weston took with the hostel company to go camping and look for mushrooms in Chapter 12?

3. To what movie does the author compare the setting to at the campsite where he went mushroom hunting and camping in Chapter 12?

4. What is the title of Chapter 14?

5. How old was Harry Devert when he went missing?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How is the setting of Salento described?

5. Who was Atahualpa and what happened to him?

6. How old was Harry Devert when he went missing? Where did he go missing?

7. How is the Darien Gap described?

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

9. Where did the author's mother meet up with him and Weston in Chapter 14? For what occasion?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the changes that the author undergoes as a result of his journey. How does his worldview change? How do his perceptions about religion change? How does his self-identity evolve?

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 dynamic between the author and Weston in To Shake the Sleeping Self. How are these individuals similar? How are they different? What does Weston contribute to the journey?

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