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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Ray staying before he arrives in Los Angeles at the beginning of the story?
(a) Mexico
(b) Hawaii
(c) Washington
(d) Texas

2. What is Ray concerned about as he and Japhy begin to go on a hike together?
(a) His lack of experience
(b) Warren
(c) The amount of food
(d) Japhy's physical health

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

4. 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

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

6. Who does Ray ask for help in buying better hiking equipment?
(a) Alvah
(b) Coughlin
(c) Japhy
(d) Morley

7. What breaks the silence between Ray and Japhy as they continue to hike the mountain?
(a) Haiku
(b) Bulldozers
(c) Birds
(d) A loud crash

8. Who is uncomfortable in the more expensive restaurant where the men have dinner?
(a) Warren
(b) Morley
(c) Japhy
(d) Ray

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

10. After Princess leaves, Japhy comes over to Alvah's house with a guest. Who is it?
(a) Sean
(b) Morley
(c) Coughlin
(d) Rheinhold

11. Who is given more than half of the food during the dinnertime hour?
(a) Morley
(b) Ray
(c) No one
(d) Japhy

12. What did Morley not bring with him on the camping trip?
(a) Food
(b) A rain coat
(c) A sleeping bag
(d) Water

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ray decide he will sleep instead of on a bed inside?

2. What does the waitress at the restaurant think the men are?

3. What does Ray realize about the time of year when he is traveling around?

4. Who stops by to visit Ray and Alvah when Alvah is out?

5. Who wrestles with Ray, leaving large holes in the walls of the house?

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