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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. How many miles of road does the author describe riding between Cusco and La Paz in Chapter 17?

2. What kind of trees line the streets of Chacras de Coria?

3. How many miles to go does the author have in his journey in the opening of Chapter 17?

4. What did the boat captain give to the customs officials in Columbia as a gift in Chapter 12?

5. What kind of bicycle did the author ride on his journey?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How did the author culminate his journey?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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