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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XXIII The Red Tide.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is it necessary for Mountain Girl to go to Poughkeepsie?
(a) She's pregnant and can't be around the Pranksters
(b) She needs to take care of her parents
(c) She is accepted to Vassar College
(d) She suddenly misses her hometown

2. According to Wolfe, what do the La Honda citizens call the Kesey colony?
(a) Prophets
(b) Ninnies
(c) Junkies
(d) Scholars

3. Where was Kesey born and raised?
(a) In Portland, Oregon
(b) In La Honda, California
(c) No one really knows and he won't tell.
(d) La Junta, Colorado. Raised in Springfield, Oregon.

4. What happens to Sandy in this part of the story?
(a) He starts his own academic study of LSD at Columbia University
(b) He defects to the Leary group
(c) He stops taking LSD and decides he wants to leave
(d) He loses control of himself, makes a scene and has to leave the group

5. What do Kesey, Zonker and Hagen drive to the meeting point?
(a) A pickup truck
(b) A Volkswagen bus
(c) A Ford Mustang
(d) An old car with no windows

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the crowd react to Kesey's remarks?

2. What is Perry Lane?

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

4. What kind of shoes do the Pranksters hate the most?

5. What does Black Maria do that annoys everyone else?

(see the answer key)

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