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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How much were the flannel shirts Ray buys?
(a) 50 cents
(b) 1 dollar
(c) 25 cents
(d) 5 dollars
2. What does Japhy say he and Ray will follow in order to find their way through the boulders?
(a) Strings
(b) Ducks
(c) Intuition
(d) Signs
3. Ray considers Los Angeles to be __________________.
(a) The most perfect place
(b) The home of beautiful beings
(c) Hell on earth
(d) The last stop
4. What does Ray find profound as he sits and contemplates the immensity of the mountains?
(a) His mind
(b) Silence
(c) The trees
(d) Japhy
5. What does Japhy do as they descend the mountain that scares Ray as he watches?
(a) Screams at the top of his lungs
(b) Sings
(c) Runs down the mountain
(d) Strips naked
6. After Princess leaves, Japhy comes over to Alvah's house with a guest. Who is it?
(a) Rheinhold
(b) Sean
(c) Morley
(d) Coughlin
7. What does Morley do in order to show the other men where he is on the trail?
(a) Nothing
(b) Throws rocks
(c) Signal
(d) Yodel
8. Who wrestles with Ray, leaving large holes in the walls of the house?
(a) Alvah
(b) Coughlin
(c) Morley
(d) Japhy
9. What does Japhy claim to have learned about from Ray?
(a) Hiking
(b) Language
(c) Meditating
(d) Life
10. Did Morley's car freeze as it was expected to?
(a) Yes, but the tires deflated
(b) No
(c) Yes, and the transmission cracked
(d) Yes, but nothing happened
11. What particular day is it when Ray wakes up the next morning at his mother's house?
(a) New Year's Day
(b) Christmas Eve
(c) Christmas Day
(d) New Year's Eve
12. Who is uncomfortable in the more expensive restaurant where the men have dinner?
(a) Morley
(b) Japhy
(c) Ray
(d) Warren
13. Where did they find the camping equipment Ray needed, such as sleeping bags and flashlights?
(a) Army Navy store
(b) Goodwill
(c) REI
(d) Salvation Army
14. What does Ray take off when he finally sits down for a rest?
(a) Pants
(b) Socks
(c) Shirt
(d) Hat
15. What is Ray concerned about as he and Japhy begin to go on a hike together?
(a) Japhy's physical health
(b) His lack of experience
(c) Warren
(d) The amount of food
Short Answer Questions
1. In what city in Mexico does Ray decide to have lunch?
2. At what time do the three men begin the summit attempt at Matterhorn?
3. What is the profession of Henry Morley?
4. What does Ray find in the mountain's face and climbs into it?
5. What kind of writer is Ray Smith, the main character and narrator of this story?
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