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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 Ray find profound as he sits and contemplates the immensity of the mountains?
(a) Japhy
(b) Silence
(c) His mind
(d) The trees

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

3. How many men get together at Japhy's small house?
(a) 4
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 5

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

5. What does Ray purchase in order to share with the other hobo on the train with him?
(a) Water
(b) Wine
(c) Marijuana
(d) Food

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Buddhist philosophy of sex represent, according to Japhy?

2. How far does Morley decide to walk in order to drain the crankcase which he has forgotten to drain before starting the journey?

3. What does Alvah later refer to as the activity with Princess, Japhy, Ray and himself ?

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

5. What does Morley rent from the trail's lodge house?

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