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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 find profound as he sits and contemplates the immensity of the mountains?
(a) Silence
(b) Japhy
(c) The trees
(d) His mind

2. With whom does Ray live in a ramshackle house near the University?
(a) Japhy
(b) Alvah
(c) Warren
(d) Joseph

3. What kind of writer is Ray Smith, the main character and narrator of this story?
(a) Sports
(b) Beat
(c) Crime
(d) Fashion

4. Who decides to remain at the lake in order to sleep for the night instead of continuing the hike?
(a) Ray
(b) No one
(c) Japhy
(d) Morley

5. How many men get together at Japhy's small house?
(a) 3
(b) 2
(c) 5
(d) 4

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose life is considered to be on the good path?

2. What is Ray concerned about as he and Japhy begin to go on a hike together?

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

4. What is the year in which the story begins?

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

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