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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the author tell Parker and Ronnie to meet him and join him on his ride?
(a) Zihuatanejo.
(b) Mendoza.
(c) Jacaranda.
(d) Zitacuaro.

2. How many of his men did the king of Machu Picchu bring with him when he first met with Pizarro?
(a) 6,000.
(b) 4,000.
(c) 7,000.
(d) 5,000.

3. What was the author's experience of taking mushrooms like for the first time in Chapter 12?
(a) He had a terrifying experience.
(b) He had a wonderful experience.
(c) He had a terrible experience.
(d) He did not feel the experience of the drugs at all.

4. Who is the goddess that the hiking guide to the site at Machu Picchu asked the travelers to pray to?
(a) Jacaranda.
(b) Pachacuti.
(c) Pachamama.
(d) Cusi Yupanqui.

5. What did Weston say was the first ingredient in cocaine after coca leaf in Chapter 12?
(a) Gravel.
(b) Gasoline.
(c) Water.
(d) Heroin.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Machu Picchu rediscovered?

2. Where does the author's father live?

3. Where did the author stay with Laura?

4. How many miles did the author have to go on his journey, as indicated in the opening of Chapter 19?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who is Kelley and what were the author's feelings about her when she visited?

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

9. How is Salta described?

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

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