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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 does Ray find profound as he sits and contemplates the immensity of the mountains?
(a) The trees
(b) Silence
(c) Japhy
(d) His mind

2. What is the name of the girlfriend of the answer to #63?
(a) Leia
(b) Rosie
(c) Anne
(d) Princess

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

4. What do the Chinese call it when they do nothing else?
(a) No do
(b) Less do, more think
(c) Wabi sabi
(d) Do-nothing

5. Who is given more than half of the food during the dinnertime hour?
(a) Morley
(b) Japhy
(c) No one
(d) Ray

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Ray thinks Buddhism and Christianity truly are aspects of _________ reality.

4. What does Morley rent from the trail's lodge house?

5. What does Morley do in order to show the other men where he is on the trail?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. When the waitress asks the men where they will be hiking, what do the men reply?

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

6. How do Japhy and Ray find Morley again?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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