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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who does Ray find to be cynical and even jaded as they continue to talk?
(a) Alvah
(b) Japhy
(c) Warren
(d) Sean

5. Who shows up and dances wildly with a tall girl?
(a) Ray's father
(b) Japhy's father
(c) Sean
(d) Allen

6. Who does Ray see in a vision, calling to him from the Cascade Mountains?
(a) Alvah
(b) Morley
(c) Japhy
(d) Himself

7. What kind of writer has Ray gained a reputation as being?
(a) International
(b) East Coast
(c) Mexican
(d) West Coast

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

9. 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) $20
(b) $12
(c) $10
(d) $5

10. What do the men in the town wish they could also do in the woods?
(a) Sleep
(b) Meditate
(c) Pray
(d) Dream

11. What kind of person is the fiance of Japhy's sister?
(a) Hippie
(b) Snobbish and snooty
(c) Middle class
(d) Upper class

12. What is Ray's shadow ringed by one day after a deluge of rain?
(a) Rainbow
(b) Fog
(c) Darkness
(d) Dust

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

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

15. In what state is Ray's summer job as a fire lookout?
(a) Utah
(b) California
(c) Oregon
(d) Washington

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ray leave his equipment when he hikes back to El Paso in the morning?

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

3. When Ray reaches Eugene, Oregon, he comments on the smoke produced by a __________.

4. How does Ray get from Bremerton, Washington, over to Seattle, Washington?

5. Where does Ray sleep after being pursued by a young homosexual man?

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