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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Unauthorized Acid?
(a) A big gulp, not the measured cup of LSD-laced orange juice
(b) An amount not approved by the government
(c) Acid that hasn't passed FDA standards
(d) Foreign LSD

2. What happens to the Beauty Witch when the group reaches Houston?
(a) She gets car sickness
(b) She has gone completely insane
(c) She is recruited to participate in a pageant
(d) She gets a job offer and has to leave

3. 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) It's polluted and will make them sick
(c) That it's segregated and for Blacks only
(d) That they thought they were in Alabama

4. When Wolfe enters the Warehouse, he mentions a banner that says:
(a) Acid Test Graduation
(b) Outsiders Welcome
(c) Outsiders Graduate after Pranksters
(d) Cops Should Try This

5. Kesey says he wants everyone to do their thing and be Pranksters, but he also wants them to be:
(a) Competitive
(b) Crazy
(c) Competetent
(d) Charming

6. Why is Neal Cassady well-known?
(a) He is Jack Kerouac's brother
(b) He is a famous author
(c) He is a rock star
(d) Jack Kerouac based a character on him in On the Road.

7. Who do the Pranksters invite to La Honda?
(a) The Leary group
(b) Angelic Children
(c) Forty Hell's Angels
(d) Reporters

8. What is Ken Kesey's profession?
(a) Writer
(b) He has no profession
(c) Journalist
(d) Television show host.

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

10. Who were the main figures on Perry Lane?
(a) Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg
(b) Robin Givens and Gwen Stefani, entertainers
(c) Robert Redford and Paul Newman
(d) Robin White and Gwen Davis, novelists

11. What happens after the bust on La Honda?
(a) Kesey and Page Browning are charged with pot possession and the Pranksters' popularity increases
(b) The Pranksters's popularity plummets
(c) The government seizes the land and imprisons the group
(d) Kesey is charged with tax fraud and is taken into custody

12. How do the young women at the conference react to Kesey?
(a) They find him intelligent but hard to look at
(b) They find him bizarre and stay away from him
(c) They find him very attractive
(d) They are scared of him

13. What is the Leary group's view of the Pranksters?
(a) They're impressed and hope they return soon
(b) They're too quiet
(c) They're a group of California crazies
(d) They have bad taste in clothing

14. Where does Kesey go to do graduate work?
(a) Stanford
(b) Yale
(c) Berkeley
(d) Columbia

15. What do Kesey and his cohorts wear?
(a) Colorful aprons
(b) White painter's overalls
(c) Black overalls
(d) Overalls with pieces of the American flag sewn into them

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Wolfe, what do the La Honda citizens call the Kesey colony?

2. According to the author, what was the original intent of the trip?

3. What is Wolfe's reaction to Babb's writing?

4. What is Perry Lane?

5. How long does the Pranksters-Angels party last?

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