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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is cantankerous, wanting to stop for frequent rests?
(a) Morley
(b) Warren
(c) Japhy
(d) Ray

2. What does Ray find in the mountain's face and climbs into it?
(a) A ledge
(b) A tiny slot
(c) A cabin
(d) A cave

3. To what city do Japhy, Alvah, and Ray travel in order to buy hiking equipment?
(a) Oakland
(b) Monterey
(c) San Francisco
(d) Berkeley

4. To what city does Ray hitchhike in California, riding with several interesting people along the way?
(a) Bali
(b) Laguna Beach
(c) Mexicali
(d) San Diego

5. What does the other bum on the train tell Ray can be cured by standing on one's head and drinking honey with milk?
(a) Cancer
(b) Colds
(c) Allergies
(d) Arthritis

6. What does Alvah later refer to as the activity with Princess, Japhy, Ray and himself ?
(a) Ecstasy
(b) Connection
(c) Orgy
(d) Bliss

7. What do the Chinese call it when they do nothing else?
(a) Less do, more think
(b) Do-nothing
(c) Wabi sabi
(d) No do

8. In what city in Mexico does Ray decide to have lunch?
(a) Calexico
(b) Mexico City
(c) Tiempo
(d) Tijuana

9. What does Ray take off when he finally sits down for a rest?
(a) Shirt
(b) Hat
(c) Pants
(d) Socks

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

11. Who offers to give Ray his old sleeping bag cover?
(a) Warren
(b) The store owner
(c) Alvah
(d) Japhy

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

13. What seems to extend for nearly 25 miles over Los Angeles?
(a) Sorrow
(b) A smog cloud
(c) Peace
(d) Broken dreams

14. Who does Ray ask for help in buying better hiking equipment?
(a) Alvah
(b) Coughlin
(c) Morley
(d) Japhy

15. What did Morley not bring with him on the camping trip?
(a) A rain coat
(b) Food
(c) A sleeping bag
(d) Water

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Princess and Ray do after they have sex?

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

3. Who stops by to visit Ray and Alvah when Alvah is out?

4. Did Morley's car freeze as it was expected to?

5. What does the girlfriend in #64 rant about as Ray sits with her?

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