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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Morley rent from the trail's lodge house?
(a) A new sleeping bag
(b) A few blankets
(c) Hiking boots
(d) Trekking poles

2. Whose house is Ray trying to reach as he is hitchhiking across the United States?
(a) His brother's
(b) His mother's
(c) His sister's
(d) His own

3. How far ahead does Japhy get from Ray and Morley?
(a) 10 feet
(b) 3 feet
(c) 1 mile
(d) 1/2 mile

4. Who becomes sick and assisted by Ray with an insight he has while meditating?
(a) His sister
(b) His brother in law
(c) His mother
(d) The dog

5. Who decides to remain at the lake in order to sleep for the night instead of continuing the hike?
(a) Japhy
(b) No one
(c) Ray
(d) Morley

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ray see as being the only decent activity left in the world?

2. Where does the truck driver say he will take Ray to in exchange for Ray showing him around Mexico?

3. What is the name of the dog Ray and his brother-in-law fight about?

4. In what state is Ray's summer job as a fire lookout?

5. Where did they find the camping equipment Ray needed, such as sleeping bags and flashlights?

(see the answer key)

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