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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. Who is cantankerous, wanting to stop for frequent rests?
(a) Japhy
(b) Ray
(c) Warren
(d) Morley

2. What does Japhy claim to have learned about from Ray?
(a) Hiking
(b) Meditating
(c) Life
(d) Language

3. Whose life is considered to be on the good path?
(a) Morley's
(b) Ray's
(c) Japhy's
(d) Sean's

4. Where does the truck driver say he will take Ray to in exchange for Ray showing him around Mexico?
(a) Tuscon
(b) Columbus
(c) Chicago
(d) Philadelphia

5. Where does Ray decide he will sleep instead of on a bed inside?
(a) The ground outside
(b) In the car
(c) A couch on the porch
(d) A tent in the backyard

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Japhy use to look at the stars?

2. What is the profession of Henry Morley?

3. What does the girlfriend in #64 rant about as Ray sits with her?

4. To what city does Ray buy a bus ticket after he sleeps in a ditch several miles outside of Los Angeles?

5. What does the Buddhist philosophy of sex represent, according to Japhy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kinds of stores do Japhy and Ray go to in order to find the best hiking equipment?

2. Describe the character of Japhy Ryder.

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

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

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

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

7. How will Japhy and Ray find their way along the mountain trail, according to Japhy?

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

9. Describe the house where Ray Smith is staying.

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

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