The Dharma Bums Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 105 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Dharma Bums Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 105 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ray see as being the only decent activity left in the world?
(a) To pray
(b) To think
(c) To meditate
(d) To hike

2. What color of eyes does Princess have?
(a) Green
(b) Violet
(c) Gray
(d) Blue

3. To what city does Ray buy a bus ticket after he sleeps in a ditch several miles outside of Los Angeles?
(a) Riverside
(b) Berkeley
(c) San Francisco
(d) Oakland

4. What is the year in which the story begins?
(a) 1965
(b) 1955
(c) 1967
(d) 1969

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ray spend time with when the rest of the family is gone for the day?

2. What does Ray take off when he finally sits down for a rest?

3. What kind of preachers are Japhy and Ray listening to at the beginning of this chapter?

4. What does Ray do once everyone else goes to bed for the night?

5. After Princess leaves, Japhy comes over to Alvah's house with a guest. Who is it?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the house where Ray Smith is staying.

2. What does Ray ask Japhy to help him do once Ray receives money?

3. What does Ray notice about Los Angeles as he rides the bus to Riverside?

4. Where does Ray decide to sleep once he arrives at his mother's house?

5. List the four men who sit together at Japhy's small home, drinking wine together and discussing poetry.

6. What kinds of stores do Japhy and Ray go to in order to find the best hiking equipment?

7. What happens later in the night which upsets Alvah, and rightfully so?

8. Once they reach a beautiful lake along their hike, what does Morley do?

9. Describe the character of Japhy Ryder.

10. What is the realization Ray has when he watches the way Japhy descends the mountain?

(see the answer keys)

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