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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator writes in Chapter 10, "With my mind even and upright and abiding nowhere, as ____ would say."
(a) Kamratra.
(b) Ghorn Bhar.
(c) Hing Ho.
(d) Hui Neng.

2. For how long does the narrator write that he will go crazy in Chapter 8?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Three days.
(d) One week.

3. How old is the character of Arthur Ma?
(a) 41.
(b) 23.
(c) 35.
(d) 30.

4. Who does the narrator say that Herman Hesse thought he was in Chapter 7?
(a) God.
(b) Plato.
(c) Rimbaud.
(d) Nietzsche.

5. What words does the narrator hear in the meadow in Chapter 9?
(a) "Roses of the Forgotten."
(b) "Roses of the Unborn."
(c) "Roses of Yesterday."
(d) "Roses of the Dead."

6. What does the narrator compare the black rocks to in Chapter 4?
(a) Castles.
(b) Prisons.
(c) Vultures.
(d) Snakes.

7. What is the name of the bookshop owned by the narrator's friend?
(a) Beat Books.
(b) City Books.
(c) San Francisco Books.
(d) City Lights.

8. What novel does the narrator say he read in the shack with a shrug in Chapter 7?
(a) "Ulysses."
(b) "The End of Time."
(c) "Steppenwolf."
(d) "Finnegan's Wake."

9. What old buddy does the the narrator send a letter to in Chapter 9?
(a) William.
(b) Julien.
(c) Michael.
(d) Gerard.

10. In Chapter 5, when does the narrator say he would be going mad in this canyon?
(a) September 3.
(b) November 1.
(c) October 3.
(d) September 1.

11. The narrator writes in Chapter 3, "I'm afraid to go down there--I am affrayed in the old _____ sense of being frayed by a whip."
(a) Sharp.
(b) Terrible.
(c) Edgar Allan Poe.
(d) Edmund Spenser.

12. What is the name of the narrator's cat?
(a) Java.
(b) Toby.
(c) Mick.
(d) Tyke.

13. What name did Cody's character have in "On the Road"?
(a) Dean Moriarty.
(b) Jack Moriarty.
(c) Dean Cassady.
(d) Neal Cassady.

14. In Chapter 14, which character is described as a strange kid from Oregon with hair like Raul Castro?
(a) Joey Rosenberg.
(b) George Baso.
(c) Dave Wain.
(d) Cody Pomeray.

15. How high is the cliff the narrator sees the morning of Chapter 4?
(a) Two hundred feet.
(b) A thousand feet.
(c) Two thousand feet.
(d) A hundred feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. On which side is the bluff to Jack as he travels the road at night in Chapter 3?

2. What does the narrator say it's called when he rearranges the rock in the stream in Chapter 6?

3. What drink does the narrator drink at the bar throughout the book?

4. What does the narrator feed the mouse in Chapter 8?

5. What color is the bridge where Jack is let off from the cab in Chapter 3?

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