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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the Pranksters introduce to the Angels?
(a) Morphine and Amphetamines
(b) Guns and spears
(c) Orange Juice and Kool-Aid
(d) LSD and DMT

3. Kesey says some people are good at understanding themselves but not:
(a) The government
(b) The Greater Whole
(c) Their pets
(d) Their parents

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

5. How does Mountain Girl change as she spends more time as a Prankster?
(a) She reads more books and writes a few novels
(b) She gains a lot of weight, has trouble walking and sleeping
(c) Yes. Mountain Girl, for example, loses weight, becomes very beautiful, and gains confidence expressing herself
(d) She becomes less interested in expressing herself and eventually becomes mute

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Pranksters believe about people living the "straight" life?

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

3. Is the intersubjectivity for the group the same on the bus and off the bus?

4. Where does Kesey go to do graduate work?

5. What does Wolfe compare to the Pranksters?

Short Essay Questions

1. At this point, are the Pranksters losing sight of their vision? Why or why not?

2. How are the Pranksters and the Angels similar? How are they different?

3. After everything Wolfe had heard and researched about Kesey, when he finally meets him in jail, what does Kesey stress the most?

4. Have the Pranksters broken away from mainstream society?

5. What starts to annoy the other Pranksters about Kesey at this point in their story?

6. How do the Pranksters view the Beauty Witch's descent into madness?

7. What does Kesey mean when he says that New York is two years behind San Francisco?

8. How is Kesey's second novel, Sometimes a Great Nation, received? How does Kesey react to the reviews?

9. What is the final disappointment the Pranksters experience at Millbrook?

10. What happens to Perry Lane when Kesey and his family return following the publication of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest?"

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