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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XIX The Trips Festival.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Kesey decide to leave Millbrook?
(a) He doesn't like the climate
(b) There's no parking space for the bus
(c) He misses California and feels homesick
(d) He gets a cool reception and finds he has little in common with the Leary Group

2. What has the Vietnam vet Babbs written and shown to Wolfe?
(a) A gun
(b) A letter from John McCain
(c) A picture of a Vietnamese war prison
(d) A novel

3. Kesey says some people are good at understanding themselves but not:
(a) The Greater Whole
(b) Their pets
(c) Their parents
(d) The government

4. What style of writing does Wolfe describe he's using in telling this story?
(a) Simple prose
(b) Hysterical Realism
(c) Hysterical Journalism
(d) Magical Realism

5. Who is Sonny Barger?
(a) A novelist and motorcycle enthusiast
(b) The president of the Hell's Angels, famous from the Hunter S. Thompson book
(c) Sandy's cousin
(d) A cousin of Sonny Bono the singer

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wolfe find distracting about Hassler?

2. What happens to Sandy after taking Unauthorized Acid?

3. What drink is in the bus fridge and laced with LSD?

4. What three events occur in this chapter?

5. Where do the Merry Pranksters live?

(see the answer key)

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