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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VIII Tootling the Multitudes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kesey enters Perry Lane initially as a writer but eventually becomes what?
(a) A volunteer in a research study on the effects of psyhoactive drugs.
(b) A volunteer at a shelter for battered women
(c) A volunteer in a maternity ward
(d) A student nurse

2. Does the Pranksters' way of life strike the author as odd?
(a) No
(b) He hasn't made up his mind
(c) He doesn't care how they live
(d) Yes

3. What do the Pranksters believe about people living the "straight" life?
(a) They are good people but not interesting
(b) They play high-tech games that they don't understand
(c) They pretend they are smart and they are not
(d) They are involved in games and not conscious of them

4. Why does Kesey annoy many of the people who visit La Honda?
(a) He is very controlling
(b) He never says anything, just lets things happen
(c) He never turns the heat on
(d) He never has anything for them to eat

5. How does Zonker save himself in the water when he's surrounded by suspicious black men?
(a) He swims quickly to shore without saying a thing
(b) He offers them free drugs
(c) He smiles a long drug-induced smile that wins them over
(d) He offers to give them all rides home

Short Answer Questions

1. Where have Kesey and the Pranksters moved to?

2. Kesey says he wants everyone to do their thing and be Pranksters, but he also wants them to be:

3. What is "Tootling the Multitudes?"

4. Where was Kesey born and raised?

5. Why does Kesey want to document the road trip?

(see the answer key)

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