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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kesey decides to return to the U.S. through what entry point?

2. Where does Babbs move the Acid Test scene?

3. What is Richard Alpert's concern about the Pranksters?

4. Do the Grateful Dead agree to play at this big party?

5. What makes the Jug Band freeze?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is this a happy ending?

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

3. Why do you think the Mexicans greet the Pranksters with "Diablo!"

4. Where is Kesey and what is he doing at the end of this story?

5. After Zonker receives a telegram informing the group that the suicide note scheme didn't work, who spreads news that Kesey is in Mexico?

6. What is it about the Red Tide that is so bothersome?

7. 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?

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

9. Why do you think Babbs moves the acid tests to Los Angeles?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What did you think of Wolfe switching up writing styles throughout the book? Did it throw you off? If so, how? Is his so-called "hysterical realism" a good way to tell this story? Or did you have trouble following the narrative? Why do you think Wolfe wrote this way?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Kesey oppose anti-war rallies? Explain how he demonstrates this point of view when he appears at a rally at Berkeley.

Essay Topic 3

What was Kesey's aim with the Acid Test? Do you think he articulated what he wanted to do when he meant turning the world onto LSD? Did he achieve anything through it? Or, was it just a reason to get high and party with others on LSD?

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