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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 days did the author's trip with Weston on the sailboat to Columbia take?

2. What movie did the author watch with his friends in their hotel room at the first hotel where they stayed in Patagonia?

3. Where does the author describe protests taking place in the U.S. in Chapter 19?

4. What is the name of Laura's husband in Chapter 18?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How is Wayne described in Chapter 11?

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

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

7. How is Laura described in the narrative?

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

9. How did the author culminate his journey?

10. Who was Atahualpa and what happened to him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Discuss the author's relationship with his mother. How does the author describe his mother? Were they close when the author was growing up? How has their relationship changed? Why has it changed?

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