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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kesey becomes increasingly paranoid in Mexico because he thinks:
(a) His LSD supply is very low
(b) The authorities are after him
(c) Black Maria is in love with him
(d) Everyone looks like the devil

2. Do the Pranksters ever see each other again?
(a) From time to time they visit Kesey
(b) Never
(c) They have a strict meeting date every year at Kesey's house
(d) Four times a year, at the end of each quarter

3. What does Page discover?
(a) A Mexican journalist is watching them
(b) A Mexican undercover officer is watching the Pranksters
(c) Mexicans want to join the Pranksters
(d) The Federales are willing to take LSD for their silence

4. What does Black Maria do that annoys everyone else?
(a) She hangs out with Mexicans on the beach
(b) She only talks to Kesey
(c) She speaks in Spanish
(d) She sits on the beach with her back to everyone

5. Who ordered a search of Puerto Vallarta after reports surfaced of Kesey's whereabouts?
(a) The San Francisco police
(b) Chief Arturo Martinez Garza of the Mexican Federales
(c) The FBI
(d) The CIA

6. How does Mountain Girl appear in court?
(a) Slim, not visibly pregnant and in a long, covering dress
(b) Very pregnant and in a very short red dress
(c) Pregnant in a loose-fitting dress
(d) Pregnant in a witch's outfit

7. In an interview with the Chronicle, Kesey says he intends to:
(a) Stay in the U.S. as a fugitie, and as salt in J. Edgar Hoover's wounds
(b) Lose weight on a new LSD diet
(c) Run for Senate office
(d) Be the solution to J. Edgar Hoover's problems

8. What identity does Kesey take to reenter the U.S.?
(a) A drunken farmers on a horse
(b) A Cowboy football player
(c) A sober cowboy on foot
(d) A drunken cowboy singer on a horse

9. Who takes over leadership while Kesey's in Mexico?
(a) Zonker
(b) Babbs
(c) Faye
(d) Mountain Girl

10. What makes the Jug Band freeze?
(a) The sight of Kesey and his harmonica
(b) A combination of tear gas and fear
(c) A combination of tear gas and drugs they've taken
(d) A combination of tear gas and really cold weather

11. What is the Probation Generation?
(a) A generation that's on probation until it proves it's worthy of freedome
(b) A generation that believes prison is better than freedom
(c) A generation of kids refusing to do anything that will get them in trouble
(d) It's a generation of kids who have been busted for pot possession and are all free on probation

12. Does Kesey give the Ampex to Sandy?
(a) Kesey doesn't even know what an Ampex is
(b) Yes, but not right away
(c) Yes
(d) No

13. Who do the Pranksters suspect is behind their bust on the way to Guadalajara?
(a) The father of Hagen's girlfriend
(b) Kesey's father
(c) Fayes father
(d) They have no idea

14. Where do the Pranksters agree to make a secret rendez-vous in Mexico?
(a) Mazatlan
(b) Tijuana
(c) Mexico City
(d) Guadalajara

15. What stands at the center of the Hall at the Trips Festival?
(a) The Pranksters' Tower of Control
(b) A disco ball
(c) A massive statue of Kesey
(d) A small version of the National Monument

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Neal Cassady's body found?

2. Do the Pranksters believe in anti-war rallies?

3. Despite his odd behavior and paranoia, what does Black Maria think of Kesey?

4. Where is the bus?

5. What causes the Red Tide?

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