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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. At what elevation does Machu Picchu sit?

2. Where is Ronnie from?

3. How many of his men did the king of Machu Picchu bring with him when he first met with Pizarro?

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

5. What is the tallest mountain in all the Americas?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who was Atahualpa and what happened to him?

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

5. How is the setting of Salento described?

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

7. Where did the author's mother meet up with him and Weston in Chapter 14? For what occasion?

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

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

10. How is Laura described in the narrative?

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 plot structure and development in To Shake the Sleeping Self. Where would you denote the narrative's climax? How does the author build up to that climax? What information is related in the falling action and denouement of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the story of Harry Devert. Why is this story related in the narrative? What is the story's importance to the author? What happened to Harry Devert?

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