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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. How many men get together at Japhy's small house?
(a) 4
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 5

2. 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) Florida
(d) North Carolina

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

4. How far ahead does Japhy get from Ray and Morley?
(a) 1/2 mile
(b) 1 mile
(c) 3 feet
(d) 10 feet

5. Where does Ray go to when he catches a train, hobo-style after leaving Cody's house?
(a) Chicago
(b) El Paso
(c) Los Angeles
(d) Phoenix

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ray do once everyone else goes to bed for the night?

2. Who offers to give Ray his old sleeping bag cover?

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

4. What do the Chinese call it when they do nothing else?

5. What is the name of the professional truck driver Ray meets?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the realization Ray has when he watches the way Japhy descends the mountain?

2. What does Morley forget that makes him fall behind in the hiking, though Japhy and Ray continue on without him anyway?

3. What are some of the ways Japhy shows he is generous?

4. List the four men who sit together at Japhy's small home, drinking wine together and discussing poetry.

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

6. How do Japhy and Ray find Morley again?

7. Describe the house where Ray Smith is staying.

8. Describe the character of Henry Morley.

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

10. What does Ray notice about Los Angeles as he rides the bus to Riverside?

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