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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Goldhill urge Kesey to stop telling people?
(a) That he's actually Timothy Leary
(b) That LSD isn't good for kids
(c) That legislation is needed to prohibit LSD
(d) That they should cease use of LSD

2. After doing a lot of talking, Kesey emerges from the bus with what on his face?
(a) Women's makeup
(b) Day Glo paint
(c) The sign of the cross over his forehead
(d) A huge swath of adhesive tape over his mouth

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

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

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

6. What do the Pranksters believe about people living the "straight" life?
(a) They play high-tech games that they don't understand
(b) They are involved in games and not conscious of them
(c) They are good people but not interesting
(d) They pretend they are smart and they are not

7. What is Wolfe's reaction to Babb's writing?
(a) Disgusted
(b) Impressed
(c) Amused, not too serious
(d) Tickled to death

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

9. Where do Kesey and the Pranksters go?
(a) Philadelphia
(b) Chicago
(c) Mexico City
(d) New York

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

11. Who is Gary Goldhill?
(a) Kesey's equivalent in the U.K.
(b) A tourist curious to meet Kesey
(c) An English songwriter
(d) An English reporter for the Oracle

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

13. What is the name that Kesey gives his group?
(a) The Jolly Pranksters
(b) The Leary Wannabes
(c) The Merry Politicians
(d) The Merry Pranksters

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What keeps the Pranksters together?

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

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

4. Freewheeling Frank is a:

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

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