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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 – 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the Instagram executives that the author and Weston met with in San Francisco?
(a) Josh and Matt.
(b) Andrew and Paul.
(c) Jason and Roger.
(d) Steve and Sam.

2. About what Russian writer does the author describe reading a National Geographics article in Chapter 7?
(a) Leo Tolstoy.
(b) Alexander Pushkin.
(c) Vladimir Nabokov.
(d) Anton Chekhov.

3. What word does the author describe printed on the side of the boat that passed beneath him and Weston while they stopped on the Golden Gate Bridge?
(a) Treachery.
(b) Wanderer.
(c) Iliad.
(d) Oracle.

4. For what periodical did the author's parents write about a journey where they walked across America in the 1970s?
(a) The New York Times magazine.
(b) National Geographic.
(c) Time magazine.
(d) The New Yorker.

5. Where did the author's parents finish their walk across America?
(a) Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
(b) Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park.
(c) Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve.
(d) Jessie M. Honeyman State Park.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long did the author work for his friend Jason's nonprofit company?

2. What are the "alien-looking trees" that began to appear on the landscape in central Baja (88)?

3. Where is the author's mother originally from?

4. When does the author say his father divorced his stepmom in Chapter 9?

5. What is the title of Chapter 3?

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