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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VIII Tootling the Multitudes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Freewheeling Frank is a:
(a) Motorcycle mechanic
(b) Hell's Angel
(c) World War II vet
(d) Car mechanic

2. Kesey, while working as a night attendant in psych ward writes what famous novel?
(a) Catch-22
(b) The Assassin
(c) What to Expect when You're Expecting
(d) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

3. What keeps the Pranksters together?
(a) Money
(b) Poverty
(c) Belief in the health insurance systems
(d) Ken Kesey, drug use, and common beliefs about society

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

5. 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

Short Answer Questions

1. Kesey says he wants everyone to do their thing and be Pranksters, but he also wants them to be:

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

3. According to the author, what was the original intent of the trip?

4. What do people start to call Kesey's La Honda home?

5. What does Wolfe find distracting about Hassler?

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