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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. In what little town did the author and his friends stop at their first hotel in Patagonia in Chapter 19?

2. Who was impossible to beat when playing the "actor game" on the Machu Picchu hike in Chapter 16?

3. What is the title of Chapter 13?

4. What is the title of Chapter 12?

5. Where was Harry Devert's last post from on social media that the author discovered in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Laura described in the narrative?

2. How is Salta described?

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

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

5. Who was Atahualpa and what happened to him?

6. Why did Weston say he regretted doing the cocaine in Chapter 12?

7. How is the setting of Salento described?

8. How is Wayne described in Chapter 11?

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

10. Where did Weston say he was departing for soon in Chapter 15? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of sexuality in To Shake the Sleeping Self. How does the author identify in terms of sexual preference? What history does he relate regarding his sexuality? How do his perceptions of sexuality change in the course of the narrative?

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

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

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