The Dharma Bums Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 105 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Dharma Bums Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What color of eyes does Princess have?
(a) Violet
(b) Blue
(c) Green
(d) Gray

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

5. What does Morley rent from the trail's lodge house?
(a) Trekking poles
(b) A new sleeping bag
(c) Hiking boots
(d) A few blankets

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

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

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

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

10. What does Ray see as being the only decent activity left in the world?
(a) To meditate
(b) To hike
(c) To think
(d) To pray

11. What does Ray find in the mountain's face and climbs into it?
(a) A cabin
(b) A ledge
(c) A tiny slot
(d) A cave

12. Did Morley's car freeze as it was expected to?
(a) Yes, but the tires deflated
(b) Yes, but nothing happened
(c) Yes, and the transmission cracked
(d) No

13. 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) New York
(c) North Carolina
(d) Florida

14. What does Ray realize about the time of year when he is traveling around?
(a) It is clear.
(b) It is cooler.
(c) It is nearly Christmas.
(d) It is the time of year right before summer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ray consider to be a waste and a destroyer of creative thinking and individuality?

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

3. What does Ray find profound as he sits and contemplates the immensity of the mountains?

4. What does Japhy use to look at the stars?

5. Who is the backwoods boy who grew up in a log cabin in the woods?

(see the answer keys)

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