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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, along with a single potato, was in the soup that Wenton and the author got for lunch during their travels in Peru?

2. What American city does the author say Cartagena reminded him of in Chapter 12?

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

4. What happened to the king of Machu Picchu after he renounced his religion and embraced Christianity?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is the setting of Salento described?

4. How did the author culminate his journey?

5. Who was Atahualpa and what happened to him?

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

7. How is Wayne described in Chapter 11?

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

9. How is the Darien Gap described?

10. How is Laura described in the narrative?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

Describe and discuss the history of the Aztec Empire. When were the Aztecs conquered? By whom? What remains of the Aztecs today?

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