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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 18?
(a) "All By My Argentina."
(b) "Cocaine and Cute Little Mushrooms."
(c) "The Cathedral Sits on the Temple."
(d) "A New Continent."

2. What kind of bicycle did the author ride on his journey?
(a) A Bajaj Avenger Cruise.
(b) A Surley Long Haul Trucker.
(c) A Royal Enfield Himalayan.
(d) A Royal Enfield Thunderbird.

3. How many miles did the author have to go on his journey in the opening of Chapter 18?
(a) 6,350.
(b) 3,580.
(c) 1,645.
(d) 4,630.

4. What, along with a single potato, was in the soup that Wenton and the author got for lunch during their travels in Peru?
(a) An ear of corn.
(b) A chicken foot.
(c) A chicken liver.
(d) A chicken beak.

5. Who was the king of Machu Picchu when it was infiltrated by Pizarro?
(a) Pachacuti.
(b) Jacaranda.
(c) Atahualpa.
(d) Cusi Yupanqui.

6. Where does the author describe protests taking place in the U.S. in Chapter 19?
(a) New York, New York.
(b) Ferguson, Missouri.
(c) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(d) St. Louis, Missouri.

7. What happened to the king of Machu Picchu after he renounced his religion and embraced Christianity?
(a) He was poisoned.
(b) He was drowned.
(c) He was beheaded.
(d) He was strangled.

8. What American city does the author say Cartagena reminded him of in Chapter 12?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) New York.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Chicago.

9. Where was Harry's destination when he disappeared?
(a) Patagonia.
(b) Paraguay.
(c) Uruguay.
(d) Brazil.

10. How much rain does the Atacama Desert get yearly?
(a) 12 inches.
(b) 16 inches.
(c) 6 inches.
(d) 0.6 inches.

11. What is the title of Chapter 14?
(a) "A New Continent."
(b) "Cocaine and Cute Little Mushrooms."
(c) "God on the Trail."
(d) "Sex Hotels and Here Comes Mom."

12. What did the man on the remote ranch bring to the author and his companions the morning after they slept on his land in Chapter 19?
(a) Eggs with rice.
(b) Porridge.
(c) Fresh doughnuts.
(d) Breakfast burritos.

13. How many miles to go does the author describe having to his destination in the opening of Chapter 10?
(a) 10,463.
(b) 9,636.
(c) 12,352.
(d) 8,514.

14. How many miles did the author have to go on his journey, as indicated in the opening of Chapter 19?
(a) 1,352.
(b) 500.
(c) 2,225.
(d) 3,740.

15. In what movie is the beach of Zihuatanejo featured in the final scene?
(a) The Goonies.
(b) Raiders of the Lost Ark.
(c) Ghostbusters.
(d) The Shawshank Redemption.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Parker from?

2. Where did the author stay with Laura?

3. Whose painting arorned the wall of the Hollywood Hotel in Cali described in Chapter 14?

4. What is the title of Chapter 13?

5. How many miles to go does the author have on his journey in the opening of Chapter 12?

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