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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sight makes Jack excited and eager to believe?
(a) The fog covering San Francisco.
(b) The Oakland Bay Bridge.
(c) The ocean.
(d) The rooftops of Frisco.

2. What is Jack's job at the beginning of the book?
(a) Fire lookout.
(b) Miner.
(c) Author.
(d) Forest ranger.

3. According to Jack, what has little place in a civilized world?
(a) Impatience and rudeness.
(b) Enlightenment of solitude.
(c) Judgement and arrogance.
(d) Peace and calm.

4. How does Raphael feel about Mexico?
(a) He hates it.
(b) He doesn't see anything special there.
(c) He does not care as long as he is with friends.
(d) He loves it.

5. Where does the strange car ride end for the poets?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) Texas.
(d) Washington D.C.

6. What does Jack do on Sunday mornings while he is working in Washington?
(a) Writes to his mother.
(b) Listens to the radio.
(c) Meets up with Lulu.
(d) Meditates.

7. What does Jack ask Cody to do about Raphael?
(a) Pretend to be interested in what he says.
(b) Ignore the bad in him.
(c) Stop being so tense around him.
(d) See the good in him.

8. What is Simon diagnosed with after his night with a prostitute in Mexico?
(a) Crabs.
(b) HIV.
(c) Syphilis.
(d) Gonorrhea.

9. How much does Pat's sack weigh?
(a) 200 pounds.
(b) 50 pounds.
(c) 150 pounds.
(d) 100 pounds.

10. What does Jack think he looks like while living in Mexico?
(a) An advocate of the Devil.
(b) An old man.
(c) An escaped mental patient.
(d) A criminal.

11. How does Gaines earn his money?
(a) He rents out his house.
(b) He deals drugs.
(c) He steals.
(d) He is an artist.

12. What does Jack read while he is at his job in Washington?
(a) Magazines.
(b) His old journals.
(c) His own writing.
(d) Literature.

13. What is the name of Simon's brother?
(a) Lionel.
(b) Lucas.
(c) Lazarus.
(d) Larry.

14. Where does Jack take Simon the day after they go to the racetrack?
(a) Chinatown.
(b) The Buddhist Academy.
(c) The Cellar.
(d) Skid Row.

15. Where is Jack's hotel located on his first night in San Francisco?
(a) The projects.
(b) Chinatown.
(c) Downtown.
(d) The wharf.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack want to eat more than anything in the world while he is working in the forest in Washington?

2. What does Jack do when he first wakes up from the dream he has in the forest?

3. Who plays the piano at Ehrman's house?

4. Why is Raphael so upset at the brunch?

5. Which of the following is NOT a mountain that Jack enjoys looking at and pondering?

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