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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the Buddhist philosophy of sex represent, according to Japhy?
(a) Perfect union
(b) Perfect satisfaction
(c) Perfect need
(d) Perfect lust

3. What kind of writer is Ray Smith, the main character and narrator of this story?
(a) Fashion
(b) Sports
(c) Crime
(d) Beat

4. What mountain are the men about to hike?
(a) Muir
(b) Matterhorn
(c) Talampais
(d) Desolation

5. Where was Ray staying before he arrives in Los Angeles at the beginning of the story?
(a) Texas
(b) Washington
(c) Mexico
(d) Hawaii

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men get together at Japhy's small house?

2. What does the waitress at the restaurant think the men are?

3. What does Japhy say he and Ray will follow in order to find their way through the boulders?

4. What is Ray concerned about as he and Japhy begin to go on a hike together?

5. What is the profession of Henry Morley?

(see the answer key)

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