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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far is the hitchhike Ray is planning to do?
(a) 3,000 miles
(b) 100 miles
(c) 2,000 miles
(d) 25 miles

2. What does the other bum on the train tell Ray can be cured by standing on one's head and drinking honey with milk?
(a) Allergies
(b) Cancer
(c) Arthritis
(d) Colds

3. What is the profession of Henry Morley?
(a) Librarian
(b) Police officer
(c) Naturalist
(d) Professor

4. What do the police consider to be an arresting offense, according to the bum Ray meets?
(a) Vagrancy
(b) Drinking
(c) Meditating
(d) Writing

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what city do Japhy, Alvah, and Ray travel in order to buy hiking equipment?

2. What does Ray see as being the only decent activity left in the world?

3. Who is uncomfortable in the more expensive restaurant where the men have dinner?

4. Where did they find the camping equipment Ray needed, such as sleeping bags and flashlights?

5. Where does Ray hike with his new equipment?

(see the answer key)

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