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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Norman Hartweg want to do with the Pranksters' film?
(a) Keep it in a safe place for them
(b) Edit it and write about it
(c) Send it to Norman Polanski to make a film
(d) Burn it so that it can't be used as evidence in a trial

3. What do the Angels like about Allen Ginsburg?
(a) He stand straight making him look taller than he really is
(b) He's the straightest straight guy on the planet
(c) He's the greatest and straightest unstraight guy they ever met
(d) He's a great straight singer

4. What route do the Pranksters take back to California?
(a) The same one they took to the east coast
(b) The midwestern route
(c) They go through Canada before re-entering the U.S. through Washington
(d) The northern route

5. What does Kesey have enameled on one of his teeth?
(a) His wife's face
(b) His birthdate
(c) The Flag of the Merry Pranksters
(d) The American flag

6. What do people start to call Kesey's La Honda home?
(a) A shack in the mountainside
(b) A kind of hill-country Versailles with Kesey as Sun-King
(c) Windsor Castle with Kesey as the Prince of Wales
(d) The Forbidden City of the West with Kesey as Emperor

7. What is "Tootling the Multitudes?"
(a) Serenading unsuspecting women
(b) To play people like they were music
(c) Singing Broadway songs to people who can't afford show tickets
(d) Telling the common folk that they were pretty cool

8. How does Zonker save himself in the water when he's surrounded by suspicious black men?
(a) He offers to give them all rides home
(b) He offers them free drugs
(c) He swims quickly to shore without saying a thing
(d) He smiles a long drug-induced smile that wins them over

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

10. Do the the Merry Pranksters invite or include all LSD users?
(a) Of course
(b) No
(c) Yes, but only on Saturdays
(d) It's hard to say because they have no rules

11. Describe some of the young women who join the Pranksters on the bus.
(a) They sit still on the bus and never move unless told
(b) They wear baggy clothing and refuse to wear makeup
(c) They wear nice suits and wear no makeup
(d) They wear little clothing and paint themselves in Day-Glo

12. What do the Pranksters do ahead of the arrival of the police?
(a) They change their appearance completely
(b) They put up large signs that mock the police to let them know they're coming
(c) They empty the house and flee into the woods
(d) They burn the house down

13. What is the Bladder Totem?
(a) A pole that helps open the bathroom door
(b) A native American talisman
(c) A talisman that looks like a bladder
(d) A bathroom key attached to a gas can

14. Where does the author Tom Wolfe first meet Kesey?
(a) In a library
(b) In a coffee shop
(c) In the psych ward
(d) In prison

15. Freewheeling Frank is a:
(a) World War II vet
(b) Car mechanic
(c) Motorcycle mechanic
(d) Hell's Angel

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cassady do when driving over the Blue Ridge Mountains?

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

3. What is the Leary group's view of the Pranksters?

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

5. Does Kesey believe that experiencing things in the present is really possible?

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