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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is cantankerous, wanting to stop for frequent rests?
(a) Japhy
(b) Warren
(c) Ray
(d) Morley

2. What does Ray take off when he finally sits down for a rest?
(a) Shirt
(b) Hat
(c) Socks
(d) Pants

3. When Ray and the truck driver get to the first city destination, where does the truck driver then offer to take Ray?
(a) Ohio
(b) North Carolina
(c) Florida
(d) New York

4. What is the profession of Henry Morley?
(a) Naturalist
(b) Professor
(c) Librarian
(d) Police officer

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

6. What does Ray do once everyone else goes to bed for the night?
(a) Drinks all the wine
(b) Sleeps in the house
(c) Meditates in the woods
(d) Cries

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

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

9. Where does Ray decide he will sleep instead of on a bed inside?
(a) In the car
(b) The ground outside
(c) A couch on the porch
(d) A tent in the backyard

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

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

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

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

14. Who wants to take a rest when the men are hiking together?
(a) Japhy
(b) Morley
(c) No one
(d) Ray

15. Who wrestles with Ray, leaving large holes in the walls of the house?
(a) Japhy
(b) Morley
(c) Alvah
(d) Coughlin

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Japhy say he and Ray will follow in order to find their way through the boulders?

2. Where did they find the camping equipment Ray needed, such as sleeping bags and flashlights?

3. How far ahead does Japhy get from Ray and Morley?

4. How much were the flannel shirts Ray buys?

5. Where was Ray staying before he arrives in Los Angeles at the beginning of the story?

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