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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ray wishes he could have taught the girlfriend in #64 about the illusory nature of _________.
(a) Suffering
(b) Reality
(c) Happiness
(d) Life

2. Whose house is Ray trying to reach as he is hitchhiking across the United States?
(a) His own
(b) His mother's
(c) His brother's
(d) His sister's

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

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

5. What does Japhy say he and Ray will follow in order to find their way through the boulders?
(a) Intuition
(b) Ducks
(c) Strings
(d) Signs

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Japhy do as they descend the mountain that scares Ray as he watches?

2. Who is given more than half of the food during the dinnertime hour?

3. What do Princess and Ray do after they have sex?

4. What is the name of the girlfriend of the answer to #63?

5. What does Alvah later refer to as the activity with Princess, Japhy, Ray and himself ?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the character of Ray Smith as he arrives in Los Angeles.

2. Why doesn't Ray decide to camp in Mexico when he arrives?

3. What is the arrangement that Beaudry and Ray work out?

4. What does Ray seem to believe about the ideas of Buddhism and Christianity?

5. What do the bums of San Francisco tell Ray there is great money to be made in doing?

6. What does the bum tell Ray to do in order to cure arthritis?

7. Where does Ray decide to sleep once he arrives at his mother's house?

8. Where is Japhy and Ray's campsite for the night?

9. How does Ray feel once they have reached a higher point of elevation as they hike up to Matterhorn?

10. What does Ray ask Japhy to help him do once Ray receives money?

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