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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Ray concerned about as he and Japhy begin to go on a hike together?
(a) His lack of experience
(b) Warren
(c) Japhy's physical health
(d) The amount of food

3. From what state does Warren originate?
(a) Indiana
(b) Oregon
(c) Ohio
(d) California

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

5. What does Japhy say he and Ray will follow in order to find their way through the boulders?
(a) Strings
(b) Intuition
(c) Signs
(d) Ducks

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ray find profound as he sits and contemplates the immensity of the mountains?

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

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

4. What breaks the silence between Ray and Japhy as they continue to hike the mountain?

5. What do the men decide to do while they wait for Morley?

(see the answer key)

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