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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What image does the narrator think of watching Billie wade in the water in Chapter 34?
(a) Sara by the Sea.
(b) Maria by the Sea.
(c) Carolyn by the Sea.
(d) Anna by the Sea.

2. What does Romana keep giving to the narrator in Chapter 36?
(a) Food.
(b) Beer.
(c) Wine.
(d) Water.

3. What comes flapping around the narrator in Chapter 37?
(a) A butterfly.
(b) A moth.
(c) A bat.
(d) A bird.

4. Whose house does Billie's friend take the narrator to in Chapter 28?
(a) A photographer's.
(b) A poet's.
(c) A musician's.
(d) A general's.

5. Of what descent does the narrator say that Billie's friend is?
(a) Roman.
(b) Greek.
(c) Basque.
(d) Italian.

6. What newspaper does the narrator find with his name all over it in Chapter 22?
(a) New York Times.
(b) San Francisco Gazette.
(c) San Francisco Chronicle.
(d) San Francis Chronicle.

7. What does the narrator liken riding in the jeep to in Chapter 33?
(a) A cradle.
(b) A motorcycle.
(c) A rocking chair.
(d) A teapot.

8. What has happened to the chair in Billie's apartment in Chapter 30?
(a) It's fallling apart.
(b) It's been rained on.
(c) It caught on fire.
(d) It's been remodeled.

9. What kind of play does Cody say they're going to see in Chapter 24?
(a) Hiss-the-villain.
(b) Cops and Robbers.
(c) Melodrama.
(d) A horse opera.

10. Who wrote, "When the various experiences come to light in meditation, do not be proud and anxious to tell other people, else to Goddesses and Mothers you will bring annoyance"?
(a) Milarepa.
(b) Kalumata.
(c) Maharisha.
(d) Ghandi.

11. What does the narrator dream of in his nap in Chapter 22?
(a) The U.S. Marines.
(b) Rabbits.
(c) Vultures.
(d) The U.S. Navy.

12. What is the name of Cody's mistress?
(a) Willamine.
(b) Mary.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Evelyn.

13. What does the narrator tell Billie he's afraid to do in Chapter 31?
(a) Die.
(b) Get married.
(c) Go to Big Sur.
(d) Go to New York.

14. What is the name of the cliff top restaurant the group goes to in Chapter 21?
(a) Nepenthe.
(b) Notrasmus.
(c) Mount Peakness.
(d) Eden's Heaven.

15. What does Billie say she's going to do in Chapter 34?
(a) Leave for New York.
(b) Marry Cody.
(c) Kill herself.
(d) Kill Jack.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say that is the only thing he and Cody ever argued about?

2. Who does the narrator suggest drive him and Billie to the cabin in Chapter 31?

3. How old is Pat McLear's daughter who accompanies him in Chapter 23?

4. What does Elliot do constantly throughout the book?

5. What does one of the men say in the narrator's dream is in their sugar?

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