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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much did the big Texan with a sombrero want from Ray for a ride to Los Angeles, even though Ray only had $4 to offer?
(a) $10
(b) $12
(c) $20
(d) $5

2. Who does Ray dream of as Japhy and Ray sleep after their hike?
(a) Japhy
(b) Cody
(c) Allen
(d) Princess

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

4. Who offers snide comments about other writers and poets?
(a) Ray
(b) Rheinhold
(c) Japhy
(d) Coughlin

5. Where do Japhy and one of the owners of the house work during the day?
(a) Factory
(b) Construction site
(c) Mining field
(d) Mountain lodge

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

7. What was the name of the truck driver Ray rode with all the way up to Crescent City because the driver said he was lonely and wanted the company?
(a) Nigel Dorris
(b) Ray Breton
(c) Ray Charles
(d) Roger Smith

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

9. What is the name of the ranger station where Ray arrives for his assignment?
(a) Fountainspring
(b) Fireville
(c) Mountainhead
(d) Marblemount

10. Who cooks dinner for the owners of the house and for Japhy?
(a) Warren
(b) Alvah
(c) Rheinhold
(d) Ray

11. Why don't the men do the thing that is the answer to #94? What are they afraid of being seen as?
(a) Bums
(b) Crazies
(c) Weirdos
(d) Writers

12. What does Ray do to pass the time in his cabin?
(a) Meditates
(b) Reads
(c) Chants
(d) Writes

13. What does Ray do to cheer himself up when he is bored?
(a) Smokes hand-rolled cigarettes
(b) Drinks wine
(c) Thinks of Japhy
(d) Writes his novel

14. From where does Japhy say that he and Ray will be able to see the whole white city of San Francisco?
(a) Coit Tower
(b) Golden Gate Bridge
(c) Stimson Beach
(d) Mount Hood

15. How does Ray keep in touch with the other stations?
(a) Signals
(b) Phone calls
(c) 2-way radio
(d) Daily visits

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ray hitchhike to after leaving his mother's house?

2. Who do the men around him tell stories of when they realize who Ray knows?

3. To where does Ray hitchhike because he does not enjoy the trip with the drunk driver?

4. What month has begun at the beginning of this chapter?

5. Who begins to drink at the beginning of this day trip and continues to drink until he becomes inebriated?

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