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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What three events occur in this chapter?
(a) Keseys sells the bus, heads for Mexico and starts a cult there
(b) Mountain Girl starts her own group, Sandy starts his and Kesey makes no changes
(c) Mountain Girl flees to Mexico, Kesey turns himself over, and Sandy writes a tell-all book
(d) Mountain Girl goes to New York, Sandy returns to New York and Kesey's heading for Mexico

2. How does Kesey avoid getting arrested on his way to the university test?
(a) He dresses in drag
(b) He wears a very long wig
(c) He dresses like a space pilot
(d) He gets the Hell's Angels to escort him

3. What does Mountain Girl do after her trial?
(a) She disappears to have her baby alone
(b) She hooks up with Jerry Garcia
(c) She joins some Pranksters and heads for Mexico
(d) She goes back to Poughkeepsie and has her baby

4. What is the Probation Generation?
(a) It's a generation of kids who have been busted for pot possession and are all free on probation
(b) A generation that believes prison is better than freedom
(c) A generation that's on probation until it proves it's worthy of freedome
(d) A generation of kids refusing to do anything that will get them in trouble

5. How much time does Kesey serve?
(a) Six months in a maximum security prison
(b) Five weeks in solitary confinement
(c) Five months on a working farm
(d) Five months under house arrest

6. What is the slogan that the Pranksters use?
(a) Are you experienced?
(b) We're doing it. Everyone should.
(c) Can you pass the acid test?
(d) It's not as bad as you think.

7. What sign do the Pranksters put up at La Honda?
(a) Coming Soon: The Beatles Test
(b) The Merry Pranksters Prefer the Rolling Stones
(c) The Merry Pranksters Welcome the Beatles
(d) No Rock Bands Allowed on Premises

8. How does the crowd react to Kesey's remarks?
(a) Wolfe describes them as ecstactic
(b) They're electrified
(c) Wolfe describes them as going into a slump
(d) Muted

9. There is no greater calamity than the Red Tide in Manzanillo except:
(a) The Mexican Federales
(b) The American Crazies
(c) The Touristas
(d) The FBI

10. Why is it necessary for Mountain Girl to go to Poughkeepsie?
(a) She suddenly misses her hometown
(b) She needs to take care of her parents
(c) She's pregnant and can't be around the Pranksters
(d) She is accepted to Vassar College

11. Who do the Pranksters suspect is behind their bust on the way to Guadalajara?
(a) Kesey's father
(b) The father of Hagen's girlfriend
(c) Fayes father
(d) They have no idea

12. How does Wolfe describe Haight-Ashbury at this point in the story?
(a) A circus
(b) A carnival
(c) A rival for New York
(d) A center for culture and design

13. Back in Manzanillo, who sits in jail?
(a) Mountain Girl and Black Maria
(b) A bunch of Kesey devotees
(c) Babbs and Zonker
(d) Hagen and Ram Rod

14. Who prevents the Pranksters from holding Graduation at Winterland?
(a) Faye, Kesey's wife
(b) Kesey himself
(c) Bill Graham
(d) The Judge at Kesey's trial

15. What is Black Maria's real name?
(a) Carol Sayer Bager
(b) Carolyn Hannah
(c) Maria de la Puente
(d) Carolyn Johnson

Short Answer Questions

1. If Kesey goes back to the U.S. he'll be imprisoned. What do the rest of the group have to look forward to?

2. Do all of the Pranksters think giving out laced Kool-Aid without telling people is a good idea?

3. Why do people go to Kesey's property after the Concert?

4. In an interview with the Chronicle, Kesey says he intends to:

5. At trial, what does the judge conclude about Kesey?

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