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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What famous literary figures show up at the Pranksters' party in New York?
(a) John le Carre and Joseph Heller
(b) Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg
(c) Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald
(d) Alexandre Dumas and Charles Dickens

2. What does Cassady do when driving over the Blue Ridge Mountains?
(a) He doesn't use the lights
(b) He sings opera very loudly
(c) He doesn't put his hands on the wheel
(d) He doesn't use the brakes

3. According to Wolfe, what do the La Honda citizens call the Kesey colony?
(a) Junkies
(b) Scholars
(c) Ninnies
(d) Prophets

4. What does Goldhill urge Kesey to stop telling people?
(a) That he's actually Timothy Leary
(b) That they should cease use of LSD
(c) That legislation is needed to prohibit LSD
(d) That LSD isn't good for kids

5. What is Perry Lane?
(a) A street in La Honda, California where Kesey bought a house
(b) It's a mythical street made famous in a Beatles song
(c) Stanford's Bohemian quarter, where Kesey eventually lived while studying at Stanford
(d) It's the name of the warehouse

6. Who were the main figures on Perry Lane?
(a) Robert Redford and Paul Newman
(b) Robin Givens and Gwen Stefani, entertainers
(c) Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg
(d) Robin White and Gwen Davis, novelists

7. What is the Bladder Totem?
(a) A pole that helps open the bathroom door
(b) A talisman that looks like a bladder
(c) A bathroom key attached to a gas can
(d) A native American talisman

8. What does MDT stand for?
(a) Most Disgusting Trip
(b) My Day Tripper
(c) Most Delightful Trip
(d) Make Doughnuts Today

9. Why is Neal Cassady well-known?
(a) He is Jack Kerouac's brother
(b) He is a famous author
(c) He is a rock star
(d) Jack Kerouac based a character on him in On the Road.

10. Why does Kesey decide to leave Millbrook?
(a) He gets a cool reception and finds he has little in common with the Leary Group
(b) There's no parking space for the bus
(c) He misses California and feels homesick
(d) He doesn't like the climate

11. What do the Pranksters do ahead of the arrival of the police?
(a) They change their appearance completely
(b) They empty the house and flee into the woods
(c) They put up large signs that mock the police to let them know they're coming
(d) They burn the house down

12. Do outsiders have any interest in joining the Pranksters?
(a) Yes
(b) On a very conditional basis
(c) No one knows because it's against the law to talk about them
(d) No, absolutely not

13. What happens to the Pranksters when they first take the bus on a test run?
(a) They decide it's better to drive an RV
(b) It breaks down and they can't fix it
(c) They drive it to Canada and realize Canada's a nice place
(d) They get stopped by a trooper but aren't ticketed

14. Through a long quote by Joachim Wach, how does the author describe Kesey and company?
(a) As a group that functions better than most families
(b) Insufferable and stupid
(c) Interesting but he questions why he's writing a book about them
(d) As a group that has, for the most part, broken away from mainstream society

15. What happens to Sandy in this part of the story?
(a) He stops taking LSD and decides he wants to leave
(b) He loses control of himself, makes a scene and has to leave the group
(c) He starts his own academic study of LSD at Columbia University
(d) He defects to the Leary group

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Pranksters learn at a beach in New Orleans?

2. Kesey says some people are good at understanding themselves but not:

3. What is Unauthorized Acid?

4. How does Zonker save himself in the water when he's surrounded by suspicious black men?

5. Why does Kesey annoy many of the people who visit La Honda?

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