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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In an interview with the Chronicle, Kesey says he intends to:
(a) Be the solution to J. Edgar Hoover's problems
(b) Run for Senate office
(c) Stay in the U.S. as a fugitie, and as salt in J. Edgar Hoover's wounds
(d) Lose weight on a new LSD diet

2. What does Page discover?
(a) A Mexican undercover officer is watching the Pranksters
(b) The Federales are willing to take LSD for their silence
(c) Mexicans want to join the Pranksters
(d) A Mexican journalist is watching them

3. How much time does Kesey serve?
(a) Five weeks in solitary confinement
(b) Five months under house arrest
(c) Five months on a working farm
(d) Six months in a maximum security prison

4. What is Black Maria's real name?
(a) Maria de la Puente
(b) Carolyn Hannah
(c) Carolyn Johnson
(d) Carol Sayer Bager

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

6. Who goes to Mexico with Kesey?
(a) Sandy and Babbs
(b) Boise, Zonker and Jim Fish
(c) Zonker and Babbs
(d) Mountain Girl and Jerry Garcia

7. Why is it necessary for Mountain Girl to go to Poughkeepsie?
(a) She's pregnant and can't be around the Pranksters
(b) She is accepted to Vassar College
(c) She needs to take care of her parents
(d) She suddenly misses her hometown

8. How does the crowd react to Kesey's remarks?
(a) They're electrified
(b) Wolfe describes them as ecstactic
(c) Wolfe describes them as going into a slump
(d) Muted

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

10. Who takes over leadership while Kesey's in Mexico?
(a) Babbs
(b) Mountain Girl
(c) Zonker
(d) Faye

11. What do Kesey, Zonker and Hagen drive to the meeting point?
(a) An old car with no windows
(b) A Ford Mustang
(c) A Volkswagen bus
(d) A pickup truck

12. Where does Kesey usually obtain his LSD?
(a) From a source in Thailand
(b) From the Leary Group
(c) From the Mad Chemist
(d) He makes it himself

13. What identity does Kesey take to reenter the U.S.?
(a) A sober cowboy on foot
(b) A drunken farmers on a horse
(c) A drunken cowboy singer on a horse
(d) A Cowboy football player

14. What was the cause of Cassady's death?
(a) Heart attack
(b) It's not known
(c) A broken heart
(d) A bar-room brawl

15. In what format is this chapter written?
(a) Outline
(b) Shakespearan sonnet
(c) Free verse poetry
(d) Haiku

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes the Jug Band freeze?

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

3. What stands at the center of the Hall at the Trips Festival?

4. How does one pass the acid test?

5. Who invites Kesey to speak at an anti-war rally at Berkeley?

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