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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XII The Bust.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do people start to call Kesey's La Honda home?
(a) Windsor Castle with Kesey as the Prince of Wales
(b) A kind of hill-country Versailles with Kesey as Sun-King
(c) The Forbidden City of the West with Kesey as Emperor
(d) A shack in the mountainside

2. How was Kesey's novel received?
(a) Not well at all
(b) No one read it because it was never published
(c) Very well
(d) Mixed reviews

3. How do Kesey and his crew travel?
(a) In a station wagon
(b) In a group of motorcycles
(c) In a wildly painted 1939 international Harvester school bus
(d) In an RV

4. What are some of the regular features of life at La Honda?
(a) Arm wrestling on Wednesdays
(b) LSD-laced prayer sessions at sunrise
(c) Day Glo paint on everything, Friday night dinners
(d) Yoga classes three times a week to stay healthy

5. Do Kesey and the crew talk much about the experience on the bus?
(a) Yes, all the time
(b) Only off-camera so no one knows what they're saying
(c) No
(d) Only to Tom Wolfe but off-record

Short Answer Questions

1. Where have Kesey and the Pranksters moved to?

2. What does Cassady do when driving over the Blue Ridge Mountains?

3. What is Perry Lane?

4. How does Wolfe describe Cassady?

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

(see the answer key)

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