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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Japhy do as they descend the mountain that scares Ray as he watches?
(a) Strips naked
(b) Runs down the mountain
(c) Screams at the top of his lungs
(d) Sings

2. At what time do the three men begin the summit attempt at Matterhorn?
(a) 11:00AM
(b) Noon
(c) 10:00AM
(d) 9:00AM

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

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

5. What does Morley do in order to show the other men where he is on the trail?
(a) Signal
(b) Yodel
(c) Nothing
(d) Throws rocks

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

7. Which university does Ray live near?
(a) SFSU
(b) UCLA
(c) UC at Irvine
(d) UC at Berkely

8. To what city does Ray buy a bus ticket after he sleeps in a ditch several miles outside of Los Angeles?
(a) Riverside
(b) Oakland
(c) San Francisco
(d) Berkeley

9. How far off is Morley when they hear his yodeling in the morning?
(a) 1/2 mile
(b) 4 miles
(c) 1 mile
(d) 2 miles

10. Who is the backwoods boy who grew up in a log cabin in the woods?
(a) Japhy
(b) Warren
(c) Alvah
(d) Ray

11. What does Japhy use to look at the stars?
(a) Telescope
(b) Binoculars
(c) He doesn't
(d) Star map

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

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

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

15. Whose life is considered to be on the good path?
(a) Japhy's
(b) Sean's
(c) Ray's
(d) Morley's

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ray feel Japhy would rather be studying instead of what he is doing at the current moment?

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

3. What do the men decide to do while they wait for Morley?

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

5. From what state does Warren originate?

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