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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the last name of the character in the answer to #139?
(a) Maragold
(b) Cacoethes
(c) Smith
(d) Ryder

2. What did Ray notice about the big Texan with whom he rides?
(a) He smells.
(b) He doesn't know where he's going.
(c) He's a fibber.
(d) He can't remember anything.

3. What is the cause of the sickness of the person in #99?
(a) Dust
(b) Mold
(c) Flowers
(d) Tainted water

4. To what city in Mexico does Ray walk to, finding people and drinking and smoking marijuana with them?
(a) Juarez
(b) Mexico City
(c) Calexico
(d) Tijuana

5. What does Japhy say 'woo' means in Chinese?
(a) Water
(b) Fog
(c) Hike
(d) Clouds

6. How far does Ray hitchhike on his way to his summer job?
(a) Portland
(b) Dover
(c) Redding
(d) Ridgeland

7. Who do the men around him tell stories of when they realize who Ray knows?
(a) Japhy
(b) Morley
(c) Alvah
(d) Sean

8. Ray realizes he is empowered to remind people they are ______.
(a) Asleep
(b) Free
(c) Strong
(d) Lost

9. About what mountains does Japhy begin to tell Ray stories?
(a) Rocky
(b) Sierra Nevada
(c) Appalachian
(d) Cascade

10. When Ray reaches Eugene, Oregon, he comments on the smoke produced by a __________.
(a) Mine
(b) Paper mill
(c) Oil field
(d) Lumber mill

11. The answer to #139 says that _________ is no good as a writer because he is always drunk.
(a) Ray
(b) Japhy
(c) Alvah
(d) Morley

12. Who decides to sleep outside in the shack?
(a) Japhy
(b) Sean
(c) Ray
(d) Alvah

13. How does Ray get from Bremerton, Washington, over to Seattle, Washington?
(a) He walks
(b) Bus
(c) Car
(d) Ferry

14. What does Ray refuse to give into, despite the temptation?
(a) Japhy's arguments
(b) Drugs
(c) Alvah's dare
(d) Lust

15. Japhy and Ray talk about how the _________ will meet the West.
(a) Future
(b) East
(c) Hobos
(d) Buddhists

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the profession of the person who comments that El Paso gets 360 days of sunshine a year?

2. What does Ray tell those that ask him about his peculiar habits?

3. In what state is Ray's summer job as a fire lookout?

4. To what city do Ray and Japhy go to visit for a day?

5. Who is the character that remains calm throughout the arguments referred to in #130?

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