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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. Where do the Pranksters go to meet Leary?
(a) Ithica, New York
(b) Millbrook, New York
(c) Poughkeepsie, New York
(d) Queens, New York

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

3. What does Kesey have enameled on one of his teeth?
(a) His birthdate
(b) The American flag
(c) His wife's face
(d) The Flag of the Merry Pranksters

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Does Kesey believe that experiencing things in the present is really possible?

2. When Kesey returns to SF from jail, what does he see and describes to Wolfe?

3. What does Wolfe find distracting about Hassler?

4. What happens when the Pranksters arrive at the seven-day Unitarian Conference?

5. How long does the Pranksters-Angels party last?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Stark Naked goes mad and has to leave the group, the purpose of the trip and the documentary become clearer. What is that purpose?

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

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

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

5. What happens to the Pranksters after people hear more about their big weekend with the Angels?

6. What happens when Kesey and Kerouac meet?

7. Kesey moves his family and the Pranksters out to La Honda, California. Describe the new home.

8. What do the Pranksters believe about people living the 'straight life?'

9. Have the Pranksters broken away from mainstream society?

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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