Motorcycle Diaries quiz – Flashcards
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Alberto Granado
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biochemist, companion on roadtrip
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Ernesto Guevara
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medical student, narrator, main character
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Celia de la Cerna
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ernesto's mother, the "querida vieja" of the memoir's letters
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La poderosa
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the name means "the powerful one" - the motorcycle they ride on - it's actually a british motorcycle
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chichina ferreya
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ernesto's girlfriend
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comeback
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german shepherd puppy
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von puttkamer
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german-argentine couple they meet who ernesto diagnoses the man with a tumor
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jasmin and daniela
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the chilean sisters who give ernesto his nickname "che"
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don nestor
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small quechua boy who is their guide in Cuzco
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Dr. Pesce
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physcian who hosts them in lima, peru
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Luz
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the prostitute the meet on board la cenepa
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sor alberto
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the head nun at the leper colony, the stickler for rules
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dr. bresciani
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head dr. at leper colony
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silvia
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the young women ernesto convinces to have her nerve removed to stop the spread of her leprosy
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papa carlito
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informally the head of the leper colony
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mambo-tango
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the raft given to them by the leper colony
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Argentina
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Jan 4 - Feb 11
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Buenos Aires, argentina
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starting point of trip
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Miramar, argentina
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countryside, summer home of Chichina's family, site of ernesto's "lovesick pause"
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choele choel, argentina
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ernesto goes to the hospital and gets penicillin to stop his pneumonia
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san martin de las andes, argentina
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where they meet the Von P's and shoot a duck
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Chile
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Feb 14 - March 22
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Tumuco, chile
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they give an interview w/the paper El Austral, which they carry around to impress people and get free stuff
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Lautaro, chile
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they use the news article to get their bike fixed for free but ernesto hits on the mechanic's wife and they flee
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los angeles, chile
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where they meet the 2 sister, told their bike is dead, and ernesto treats an elderly asthma patient
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santiago, chile
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this marks their transition to an entirely pedestrian journey
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valparaiso, chile
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beautiful city where they stop to get mail, including the break up letter and money from Celia
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Chuquicamata, chile
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site of the anaconda mine, where they meet the displaced communist couple
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Peru
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March 24 - june 21, 1952
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Cuzco, peru
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"the navel of the world" ancient city - once the capital of the incas
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machu picchu, peru
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city of lost incas, built 1400 AD
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lima, peru
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"city of the viceroys" home where they stay in middle class comfort with the pesces
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pucallpa to the rio ucayli, peru
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where they take a boat ride, ernesto has an asthma attack and alberto wins at cardss so he can have a prostitute
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san pablo
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leper colony
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columbia
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june 23 - july 1
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venezuela
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july 14 - 26
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caracas, venezuela
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where the two friends part
