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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VII Unauthorized Acid.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Pranksters learn at a beach in New Orleans?
(a) It's polluted and will make them sick
(b) That it's segregated and for Blacks only
(c) That they thought they were in Alabama
(d) They will have to make the rest of the trip on foot

2. According to the author, what was the original intent of the trip?
(a) It was a great bursting out of La Honda into an unsuspecting America.
(b) To see who could drive best under the influence of LSD
(c) To see who could drive the bus best
(d) To get to New York as cheaply as possible

3. How does Zonker save himself in the water when he's surrounded by suspicious black men?
(a) He offers them free drugs
(b) He offers to give them all rides home
(c) He swims quickly to shore without saying a thing
(d) He smiles a long drug-induced smile that wins them over

4. What is the name that Kesey gives his group?
(a) The Merry Pranksters
(b) The Leary Wannabes
(c) The Jolly Pranksters
(d) The Merry Politicians

5. Where does Babbs place his writing in the warehouse?
(a) In Kesey's belongings
(b) In the closet
(c) Under a bed
(d) In a box in the middle of the floor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What keeps the Pranksters together?

2. What does Kesey say happened to him in Mexico?

3. Does the Pranksters' way of life strike the author as odd?

4. What has the Vietnam vet Babbs written and shown to Wolfe?

5. Kesey, while working as a night attendant in psych ward writes what famous novel?

(see the answer key)

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