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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the Pranksters when they first take the bus on a test run?
(a) They decide it's better to drive an RV
(b) They get stopped by a trooper but aren't ticketed
(c) It breaks down and they can't fix it
(d) They drive it to Canada and realize Canada's a nice place

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

3. Kesey, while working as a night attendant in psych ward writes what famous novel?
(a) What to Expect when You're Expecting
(b) Catch-22
(c) The Assassin
(d) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

4. What does Wolfe compare to the Pranksters?
(a) The Army
(b) A massive psychological encounter group
(c) The Federal government
(d) A polygamist cult

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

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

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

8. Where do the Merry Pranksters live?
(a) In a townhouse
(b) In a factory
(c) In a warehouse
(d) In a Victorian style house

9. What drew the Hell's Angels to the Kesey?
(a) The marijuana charges against him
(b) His good looks
(c) His very expensive house
(d) His comformist philosophy

10. Who are the Young Turks?
(a) Three young students from Turkey
(b) Three Unitarian Ministers who attended the Pranksters-Angels party
(c) Three maverick business people
(d) Three Nuns from Turkey

11. What do the Pranksters introduce to the Angels?
(a) Guns and spears
(b) Orange Juice and Kool-Aid
(c) LSD and DMT
(d) Morphine and Amphetamines

12. How does Mountain Girl change as she spends more time as a Prankster?
(a) Yes. Mountain Girl, for example, loses weight, becomes very beautiful, and gains confidence expressing herself
(b) She reads more books and writes a few novels
(c) She gains a lot of weight, has trouble walking and sleeping
(d) She becomes less interested in expressing herself and eventually becomes mute

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

14. Where do the Pranksters go to meet Leary?
(a) Millbrook, New York
(b) Ithica, New York
(c) Queens, New York
(d) Poughkeepsie, New York

15. What does MDT stand for?
(a) My Day Tripper
(b) Most Disgusting Trip
(c) Most Delightful Trip
(d) Make Doughnuts Today

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Angels like about Allen Ginsburg?

2. When Kesey returns to SF from jail, what does he see and describes to Wolfe?

3. Kesey enters Perry Lane initially as a writer but eventually becomes what?

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

5. What does Kesey have enameled on one of his teeth?

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