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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. To what city does Ray buy a bus ticket after he sleeps in a ditch several miles outside of Los Angeles?
(a) Berkeley
(b) San Francisco
(c) Oakland
(d) Riverside

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

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

4. Who does Ray spend time with when the rest of the family is gone for the day?
(a) Neighbors
(b) Dogs
(c) His old friends
(d) Cats

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ray go to when he catches a train, hobo-style after leaving Cody's house?

2. How far does Morley decide to walk in order to drain the crankcase which he has forgotten to drain before starting the journey?

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

4. To what city does Ray hitchhike in California, riding with several interesting people along the way?

5. How far is the hitchhike Ray is planning to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the house where Ray Smith is staying.

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

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

4. Describe the character of Henry Morley.

5. Describe the character of Japhy Ryder.

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

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

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

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

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

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