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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who came up with the idea for the Trips Festival of 1966?
(a) Steward Brand
(b) Owsley
(c) Babbs
(d) Kesey

3. How does one pass the acid test?
(a) By taking DMT with LSD
(b) They have to score 90 percent or more on the exit exam
(c) By taking LSD and not freaking out
(d) They have to get a job offer while tripping

4. Instead of fleeing, Kesey decides to:
(a) Stay in Mexico and assume a new identity
(b) Stay in Mexico and start the Mexican Pranksters
(c) Turn himself into the Mexican authorities
(d) Invite the Mexican officer to a party, the first Mexican Acid Test

5. How much does the Trips Festival gross in three days?
(a) One hundred twenty five thousand dollars
(b) Twelve thousand five hundred dollars
(c) Twelve dollars and five cents
(d) Twelve hundred and five dollars

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

7. Who did Black Maria originally follow to Mexico?
(a) Jim Fish
(b) Mountain Girl
(c) Zonk
(d) Kesey

8. Where does Kesey get money?
(a) He works for a few days in a cafe
(b) The American Consulate
(c) He finds it on the streets
(d) The Chinese Consulate

9. Who invites Kesey to speak at an anti-war rally at Berkeley?
(a) The Trustees of Berkeley University
(b) The U.S. President
(c) The Vietnam Day Committee
(d) Some obscure group whose name is never revealed

10. What stands at the center of the Hall at the Trips Festival?
(a) The Pranksters' Tower of Control
(b) A disco ball
(c) A small version of the National Monument
(d) A massive statue of Kesey

11. Kesey becomes increasingly paranoid in Mexico because he thinks:
(a) His LSD supply is very low
(b) The authorities are after him
(c) Everyone looks like the devil
(d) Black Maria is in love with him

12. In what format is this chapter written?
(a) Haiku
(b) Shakespearan sonnet
(c) Outline
(d) Free verse poetry

13. Kesey decides he wants to turn the world onto LSD through:
(a) The Acid Test
(b) A bus tour
(c) A weekly newspaper column
(d) How-to Books

14. How does Kesey explain his philosophy about the war?
(a) He plays
(b) He says the only way to understand it is to trip on a lot of acid
(c) He stands on the stage and says nothing
(d) He plays

15. Where is Neal Cassady's body found?
(a) In an alley and Haight-Ashbury
(b) Next to the Warehouse
(c) Next to the Gas Station
(d) Beside a railroad track in Mexico

Short Answer Questions

1. Who prevents the Pranksters from holding Graduation at Winterland?

2. Kesey moves with his family to:

3. Does the officer come to the party?

4. Did Clair know what she was drinking when she went to the warehouse?

5. To what does Wolfe compare Kesey and the Acid Test?

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