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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the cause of Sandy's disturbing hallucinations?
(a) Some cheap LSD he bought in New York
(b) DMT, which he took at Millbrook
(c) Thoughts of the DMZ in Korea
(d) The LSD that the Learyites used

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

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

4. Is the intersubjectivity for the group the same on the bus and off the bus?
(a) Yes, completely
(b) It depends on the temperature outside the bus
(c) It's exactly the same on and off the bus
(d) No

5. Do Kesey and the crew talk much about the experience on the bus?
(a) Only off-camera so no one knows what they're saying
(b) Only to Tom Wolfe but off-record
(c) No
(d) Yes, all the time

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

7. Where does Babbs place his writing in the warehouse?
(a) In the closet
(b) Under a bed
(c) In a box in the middle of the floor.
(d) In Kesey's belongings

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

9. What happens to Sandy after taking Unauthorized Acid?
(a) He thinks it should be the official dosage
(b) He goes on a really bad acid trip
(c) It has no effect on him
(d) He salutes everyone he meets

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

11. How do Kesey and his crew travel?
(a) In an RV
(b) In a wildly painted 1939 international Harvester school bus
(c) In a station wagon
(d) In a group of motorcycles

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

13. Sandy believes that Kesey is most interested in the forest as:
(a) A source of paper for his writing
(b) A source of heating material
(c) A mysterious place where dreams would be interpreted in a natural way
(d) A fantastic stage setting where everyday would be a happening as an art form

14. When Kesey returns to SF from jail, what does he see and describes to Wolfe?
(a) He sees a city flourishing with life and wealth
(b) He sees a city that looks like New York
(c) He describes how San Francisco has slipped into sleaze and poverty
(d) He sees a city that looks more and more like Los Angeles

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What style of writing does Wolfe describe he's using in telling this story?

2. Where do the Merry Pranksters live?

3. Where does the author Tom Wolfe first meet Kesey?

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

5. What does Goldhill urge Kesey to stop telling people?

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