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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. Describe some of the young women who join the Pranksters on the bus.

2. What kind of shoes do the Pranksters hate the most?

3. What literary form opens this chapter?

4. Who is Sonny Barger?

5. Kesey says some people are good at understanding themselves but not:

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the Prankster feel it's critical not to talk about their experience on the trip?

2. Why does Hartweg have such a hard time understanding what the Pranksters have filmed?

3. Why do outsiders want to get in with the Pranksters?

4. How are the Pranksters and the Angels similar? How are they different?

5. What is the final disappointment the Pranksters experience at Millbrook?

6. What happens to the Pranksters after people hear more about their big weekend with the Angels?

7. After the Conference, someone describes Kesey as the "Prophet King." What are Kesey and his group being compared to? Is it a valid comparison?

8. Why do the Leary followers dislike the Pranksters?

9. After Stark Naked goes mad and has to leave the group, the purpose of the trip and the documentary become clearer. What is that purpose?

10. What happens to Perry Lane in July 1963?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Talk about One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Why did Kesey write the story? How did this novel change his life?

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

Many critics call The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test a "classic." Why do you think this book is called that? Do you agree?

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