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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. What kind of preachers are Japhy and Ray listening to at the beginning of this chapter?
(a) Jewish
(b) Christian
(c) Jehovah's Witnesses
(d) Quaker

2. What is Ray concerned about as he and Japhy begin to go on a hike together?
(a) Japhy's physical health
(b) Warren
(c) The amount of food
(d) His lack of experience

3. What does Ray consider to be a waste and a destroyer of creative thinking and individuality?
(a) Television
(b) School
(c) Holidays
(d) Books

4. Where was Ray staying before he arrives in Los Angeles at the beginning of the story?
(a) Hawaii
(b) Mexico
(c) Washington
(d) Texas

5. What do the men decide to do while they wait for Morley?
(a) Do yoga
(b) Meditate
(c) Play cards
(d) Dance

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did they find the camping equipment Ray needed, such as sleeping bags and flashlights?

3. What breaks the silence between Ray and Japhy as they continue to hike the mountain?

4. Ray considers Los Angeles to be __________________.

5. Ray considers himself analogous to a Don Quixote of ___________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How well prepared does Ray feel at the end of his shopping excursion with Japhy?

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

3. What is Cody concerned about when Ray arrives to say his goodbyes?

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

5. What does Ray decide to do once the rest of the family is in bed asleep?

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

7. Describe the way Japhy decides to descend the mountain.

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

9. What does a transient in Riverside warn Ray about once he arrives?

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

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