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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Jack curse himself for returning to the cabin with later in Chapter 5?
(a) Cody Pomeray.
(b) Dave Wain.
(c) Arthur Ma.
(d) George Baso.

2. Where does the narrator say he thought he saw a flying saucer in Chapter 13?
(a) Santa Clara Valley.
(b) Duloso.
(c) San Fernando.
(d) Los Gatos.

3. What is the narrator carrying in Chapter 3?
(a) A lamp.
(b) A knife.
(c) A flashlight.
(d) A rope.

4. Where is the narrator hoping to hitchhike in Chapter 10?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Big Sur.
(c) Monterey.
(d) San Fernando.

5. To whom did the narrator say, "Allow me to stay here, I only want peace"?
(a) Alf.
(b) Lorenzo.
(c) Christ.
(d) The local spirits.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator say is "home" 3,000 miles away in Chapter 1?

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

3. What does the narrator refer to his nightmare he'd had in New York in Chapter 5?

4. The narrator writes in Chapter 10, "With my mind even and upright and abiding nowhere, as ____ would say."

5. In Chapter 5, when does the narrator say he would be going mad in this canyon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What exposition does the narrator relay of Cody's imprisonment in Chapter 13?

2. Who arrives in Chapter 5? How does Jack's perspective change after this visit?

3. In Chapter 5, how does Jack's relationship to nature change?

4. In what ways does the narrator reflect upon the history of Big Sur in Chapter 7?

5. How does Jack describe the nature surrounding him in Chapter 3?

6. How does the narrator feel about himself in the end of Chapter 1?

7. Why is the cabin as isolated as it is? What activity takes Jack an entire day in Chapter 6?

8. After leaving Cody's house, where does the group decide to go and who do they meet up with?

9. What is Jack's initial interaction with the animals around the cabin like in Chapter 18?

10. What spurs Jack to believe he is not wanted at the cabin in Chapter 9?

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