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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of preachers are Japhy and Ray listening to at the beginning of this chapter?
(a) Quaker
(b) Jehovah's Witnesses
(c) Christian
(d) Jewish

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

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

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

5. Whose house does Ray want to visit before he leaves town?
(a) Cody's
(b) Sean's
(c) Alvah's
(d) Japhy's

6. What does Ray purchase in order to share with the other hobo on the train with him?
(a) Wine
(b) Marijuana
(c) Food
(d) Water

7. What does Morley rent from the trail's lodge house?
(a) Hiking boots
(b) A new sleeping bag
(c) A few blankets
(d) Trekking poles

8. Ray finally realizes you can't _________ a mountain.
(a) be higher than
(b) trick
(c) fall off
(d) hide

9. Where did the girlfriend in #64 finally go in order to kill herself?
(a) The sidewalk
(b) The roof
(c) The bathroom
(d) The kitchen

10. 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) Colds
(d) Arthritis

11. What is the name of the girlfriend of the answer to #63?
(a) Anne
(b) Rosie
(c) Princess
(d) Leia

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

13. Ray wishes he could have taught the girlfriend in #64 about the illusory nature of _________.
(a) Life
(b) Happiness
(c) Suffering
(d) Reality

14. What does Japhy casually mention to Ray, but does not explain to him at first?
(a) Yabyum
(b) Yoga
(c) Buddhism
(d) Divine oneness

15. Whose house is Ray trying to reach as he is hitchhiking across the United States?
(a) His mother's
(b) His own
(c) His brother's
(d) His sister's

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Chinese call it when they do nothing else?

2. When Ray and the truck driver get to the first city destination, where does the truck driver then offer to take Ray?

3. What mountain are the men about to hike?

4. What does Ray do once everyone else goes to bed for the night?

5. What is the profession of Henry Morley?

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