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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. What does Mountain Girl do after her trial?
(a) She disappears to have her baby alone
(b) She goes back to Poughkeepsie and has her baby
(c) She joins some Pranksters and heads for Mexico
(d) She hooks up with Jerry Garcia

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

3. Do outsiders have any interest in joining the Pranksters?
(a) On a very conditional basis
(b) No one knows because it's against the law to talk about them
(c) Yes
(d) No, absolutely not

4. What is Perry Lane?
(a) A street in La Honda, California where Kesey bought a house
(b) It's the name of the warehouse
(c) Stanford's Bohemian quarter, where Kesey eventually lived while studying at Stanford
(d) It's a mythical street made famous in a Beatles song

5. What are some of the regular features of life at La Honda?
(a) Arm wrestling on Wednesdays
(b) LSD-laced prayer sessions at sunrise
(c) Yoga classes three times a week to stay healthy
(d) Day Glo paint on everything, Friday night dinners

Short Answer Questions

1. Does Kesey give the Ampex to Sandy?

2. Why do people go to Kesey's property after the Concert?

3. What does Kesey discover at Stanford that changes the course of his life?

4. Where do the Merry Pranksters live?

5. Where do the Pranksters go to meet Leary?

(see the answer key)

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