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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. 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?

2. Whose body was found in Mexico in Chapter 18?

3. How many miles to go did the author have on his journey as noted in the opening of Chapter 15?

4. Where did Weston say he was going away for a wedding in May in Chapter 15?

5. What did Weston say was the first ingredient in cocaine after coca leaf in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did the author culminate his journey?

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

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

6. How is the setting of Salento described?

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

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

9. Why did the author's friends join him in Chapter 16? Where did they meet up?

10. What did the author learn about the buildings in Panama City in Chapter 11?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's completion of his journey. Where did his journey end? Why did he choose this ending site? What did he do to celebrate?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the history of the Aztec Empire. When were the Aztecs conquered? By whom? What remains of the Aztecs today?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss three examples of symbolism in To Shake the Sleeping Self. What does the object/person/setting represent? What mood is evoked through this example of symbolism? Why is it important?

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