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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. How does Kesey flee the Mexican authorities?
(a) He gets permission to take a leak in a bush, then jumps on a train
(b) He gives them LSD
(c) He asks very politely
(d) He gets them to shut their eyes and he runs

2. Who followed Haugen to Mexico?
(a) An angry ex-girlfriend
(b) His sister
(c) His wife
(d) Some beautiful deb

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

4. Where do Kesey and friends get their visas to Mexico?
(a) Sonoita
(b) San Francisco
(c) Tijuana
(d) Washington, D.C.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What confuses the cops about the LSD "crazies"?

2. How does one pass the acid test?

3. What does Mountain Girl do after her trial?

4. In an interview with the Chronicle, Kesey says he intends to:

5. What causes the Red Tide?

Short Essay Questions

1. Once again we see how Kesey controls the group. Describe how he does it this time at Muir Beach?

2. In reading this chapter, what did you think of Kesey's attempt at having a final graduation?

3. What did you think when Kesey returns to La Honda after the concert and finds up to 400 people there?

4. Why do you think Wolfe wrote this chapter in this free-verse style?

5. For all the things that Kesey hates about Mexico, at this point he discovers a very different side of the country and its people. What does he discover?

6. Why do you think Kesey denies Sandy the Ampex?

7. Although nothing happens with the Mexican undercover agent, what does his presence make the Pranksters realize?

8. How does Mountain Girl manage to get off with just a fine for the marijuana charges against her?

9. Is it ironic that Kesey wants to leave the Beatles concert before the crowd gets out of control?

10. Did Kesey seem to know his fate all along his LSD-Pranksters journey?

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