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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ray feel Japhy would rather be studying instead of what he is doing at the current moment?
(a) Poetry
(b) Rocks
(c) Religion
(d) Trees

2. What does the waitress at the restaurant think the men are?
(a) Experts
(b) Students
(c) Bums
(d) Hunters

3. What does Ray find in the mountain's face and climbs into it?
(a) A tiny slot
(b) A ledge
(c) A cabin
(d) A cave

4. Where was Ray staying before he arrives in Los Angeles at the beginning of the story?
(a) Texas
(b) Hawaii
(c) Washington
(d) Mexico

5. At what time do the three men begin the summit attempt at Matterhorn?
(a) Noon
(b) 10:00AM
(c) 9:00AM
(d) 11:00AM

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Morley do in order to show the other men where he is on the trail?

2. What breaks the silence between Ray and Japhy as they continue to hike the mountain?

3. What does the Buddhist philosophy of sex represent, according to Japhy?

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

5. Where is the other bum from, as Ray finds out during their conversation?

(see the answer key)

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