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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Berkeley
(d) San Francisco

2. What does Alvah later refer to as the activity with Princess, Japhy, Ray and himself ?
(a) Bliss
(b) Ecstasy
(c) Connection
(d) Orgy

3. To what city does Ray hitchhike in California, riding with several interesting people along the way?
(a) San Diego
(b) Bali
(c) Laguna Beach
(d) Mexicali

4. To what city do Japhy, Alvah, and Ray travel in order to buy hiking equipment?
(a) San Francisco
(b) Oakland
(c) Berkeley
(d) Monterey

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

6. 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

7. What kind of writer is Ray Smith, the main character and narrator of this story?
(a) Fashion
(b) Crime
(c) Sports
(d) Beat

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

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

10. What mountain are the men about to hike?
(a) Matterhorn
(b) Desolation
(c) Talampais
(d) Muir

11. Where does Ray hike with his new equipment?
(a) Sausalito
(b) San Francisco
(c) Oakland
(d) Los Angeles

12. Who has the strange sensation of deja vu when he is hiking further up in elevation?
(a) Ray
(b) Japhy
(c) No one
(d) Morley

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What seems to extend for nearly 25 miles over Los Angeles?

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

4. Where does Ray go to when he catches a train, hobo-style after leaving Cody's house?

5. What does Ray take off when he finally sits down for a rest?

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