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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wolfe compare Kesey and the Pranksters to?
(a) A CEO and his staff
(b) A religious leader and his followers
(c) A lead singer and his band
(d) An anchorman and his reporters

2. 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

3. What happens to Sandy in this part of the story?
(a) He loses control of himself, makes a scene and has to leave the group
(b) He stops taking LSD and decides he wants to leave
(c) He defects to the Leary group
(d) He starts his own academic study of LSD at Columbia University

4. What does Kesey discover at Stanford that changes the course of his life?
(a) Sleeping pills
(b) Honey
(c) Marijuana
(d) LSD

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

6. What do the Pranksters learn at a beach in New Orleans?
(a) That they thought they were in Alabama
(b) They will have to make the rest of the trip on foot
(c) That it's segregated and for Blacks only
(d) It's polluted and will make them sick

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

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

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

10. Why does Kesey annoy many of the people who visit La Honda?
(a) He never turns the heat on
(b) He is very controlling
(c) He never says anything, just lets things happen
(d) He never has anything for them to eat

11. What drink is in the bus fridge and laced with LSD?
(a) Orange Juice
(b) Water
(c) Vodka
(d) Cranberry Juice

12. What does Cassady do when driving over the Blue Ridge Mountains?
(a) He sings opera very loudly
(b) He doesn't use the lights
(c) He doesn't put his hands on the wheel
(d) He doesn't use the brakes

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wolfe compare to the Pranksters?

2. What happens to Sandy after taking Unauthorized Acid?

3. Do outsiders have any interest in joining the Pranksters?

4. What do the Pranksters call their trip to Millbrook?

5. What has the Vietnam vet Babbs written and shown to Wolfe?

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