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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Japhy claim to have learned about from Ray?
(a) Language
(b) Meditating
(c) Life
(d) Hiking

4. What does Ray consider to be a waste and a destroyer of creative thinking and individuality?
(a) Holidays
(b) Television
(c) Books
(d) School

5. What does Ray think about his life when he begins to contemplate Japhy's choices and outlook?
(a) It's been filled with goodness
(b) It's been too internal
(c) It's been wasted
(d) It's been too cloudy

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

7. Where does the truck driver say he will take Ray to in exchange for Ray showing him around Mexico?
(a) Chicago
(b) Columbus
(c) Tuscon
(d) Philadelphia

8. Did Morley's car freeze as it was expected to?
(a) Yes, but the tires deflated
(b) No
(c) Yes, but nothing happened
(d) Yes, and the transmission cracked

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

10. Where did they find the camping equipment Ray needed, such as sleeping bags and flashlights?
(a) Army Navy store
(b) Goodwill
(c) Salvation Army
(d) REI

11. What color of eyes does Princess have?
(a) Violet
(b) Blue
(c) Green
(d) Gray

12. Ray thinks Buddhism and Christianity truly are aspects of _________ reality.
(a) literal
(b) opposite
(c) universal
(d) a single

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

14. Who is noted to have enormous hiking endurance?
(a) Japhy
(b) Morley
(c) Warren
(d) Ray

15. Whose shoes does Ray borrow when his feet become very sore?
(a) Morley's
(b) No one's - he goes barefoot
(c) Warren's
(d) Japhy's

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the police consider to be an arresting offense, according to the bum Ray meets?

2. Who is cantankerous, wanting to stop for frequent rests?

3. At what time do the three men begin the summit attempt at Matterhorn?

4. In what city in Mexico does Ray decide to have lunch?

5. What is the name of the professional truck driver Ray meets?

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