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

2. How was Kesey's novel received?
(a) Not well at all
(b) Very well
(c) Mixed reviews
(d) No one read it because it was never published

3. What famous actress does Doris Delay resemble?
(a) Doris Roberts
(b) Delores Johnson
(c) Doris Day
(d) Dorothy Dandridge

4. What famous literary figures show up at the Pranksters' party in New York?
(a) Alexandre Dumas and Charles Dickens
(b) Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald
(c) Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg
(d) John le Carre and Joseph Heller

5. What does Kenneth Babbs introduce to the new Kesey colony?
(a) Fine cuisine
(b) Pranks
(c) Asian novels
(d) Jokes

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Kesey annoy many of the people who visit La Honda?

2. What style of writing does Wolfe describe he's using in telling this story?

3. What does Wolfe compare to the Pranksters?

4. Do Kesey and the crew talk much about the experience on the bus?

5. Who 'fails' the acid test?

(see the answer key)

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