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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the year in which the story begins?
(a) 1955
(b) 1969
(c) 1967
(d) 1965

2. What mountain are the men about to hike?
(a) Matterhorn
(b) Muir
(c) Desolation
(d) Talampais

3. What did Morley not bring with him on the camping trip?
(a) A sleeping bag
(b) Food
(c) A rain coat
(d) Water

4. What does the Buddhist philosophy of sex represent, according to Japhy?
(a) Perfect satisfaction
(b) Perfect lust
(c) Perfect need
(d) Perfect union

5. From what state does Warren originate?
(a) Ohio
(b) Indiana
(c) California
(d) Oregon

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Morley rent from the trail's lodge house?

2. What is the profession of Henry Morley?

3. What does Ray purchase in order to share with the other hobo on the train with him?

4. What does Japhy say he and Ray will follow in order to find their way through the boulders?

5. What does Ray find profound as he sits and contemplates the immensity of the mountains?

(see the answer key)

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