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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XXVII The Graduation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were the main figures on Perry Lane?
(a) Robin Givens and Gwen Stefani, entertainers
(b) Robin White and Gwen Davis, novelists
(c) Robert Redford and Paul Newman
(d) Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg

2. When Wolfe enters the Warehouse, he mentions a banner that says:
(a) Outsiders Welcome
(b) Cops Should Try This
(c) Acid Test Graduation
(d) Outsiders Graduate after Pranksters

3. Why does Kesey want to document the road trip?
(a) He wants to become a filmmaker
(b) He worries that his memory is fading
(c) He wants to capture the amazing things that will happen while on drugs
(d) He wants evidence in case he has to go to court someday

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

5. How does Wolfe describe Cassady?
(a) A rock.The most dependable of all the Pranksters
(b) He can't because Cassady is impossible to get to know
(c) Bizarre. He speaks in a most unusual language
(d) Not dependable at all

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Pranksters believe about people living the "straight" life?

2. How does Zonker save himself in the water when he's surrounded by suspicious black men?

3. Did Clair know what she was drinking when she went to the warehouse?

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

5. Where do Kesey and friends get their visas to Mexico?

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