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

2. What does Wolfe compare Kesey and the Pranksters to?
(a) A religious leader and his followers
(b) A CEO and his staff
(c) An anchorman and his reporters
(d) A lead singer and his band

3. What happens to the Beauty Witch when the group reaches Houston?
(a) She has gone completely insane
(b) She gets car sickness
(c) She is recruited to participate in a pageant
(d) She gets a job offer and has to leave

4. What drew the Hell's Angels to the Kesey?
(a) His very expensive house
(b) His good looks
(c) The marijuana charges against him
(d) His comformist philosophy

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are some of the regular features of life at La Honda?

2. Who is Gary Goldhill?

3. What is "Tootling the Multitudes?"

4. How do the young women at the conference react to Kesey?

5. What route do the Pranksters take back to California?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Perry Lane in July 1963?

2. How do the Pranksters view the Beauty Witch's descent into madness?

3. Kesey compares this time in American History to what other time in ancient history?

4. Why does Kesey refuse to tell people that they should STOP taking LSD?

5. What do the Pranksters believe about people living the 'straight life?'

6. By the end of the Unitarian conference, the younger Unitarians are so taken with the Pranksters, what do they do?

7. After the Conference, someone describes Kesey as the "Prophet King." What are Kesey and his group being compared to? Is it a valid comparison?

8. Does Wolfe think the Merry Pranksters are odd?

9. After everything Wolfe had heard and researched about Kesey, when he finally meets him in jail, what does Kesey stress the most?

10. What happens when Kesey and Kerouac meet?

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