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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. Kesey says he wants everyone to do their thing and be Pranksters, but he also wants them to be:
(a) Competetent
(b) Charming
(c) Competitive
(d) Crazy

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

3. How does Zonker save himself in the water when he's surrounded by suspicious black men?
(a) He offers to give them all rides home
(b) He swims quickly to shore without saying a thing
(c) He offers them free drugs
(d) He smiles a long drug-induced smile that wins them over

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

5. Who do the Pranksters invite to La Honda?
(a) Angelic Children
(b) Reporters
(c) Forty Hell's Angels
(d) The Leary group

Short Answer Questions

1. What are some of the regular features of life at La Honda?

2. What does Kenneth Babbs introduce to the new Kesey colony?

3. How do Kesey and his crew travel?

4. How was Kesey's novel received?

5. What does Kesey say happened to him in Mexico?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Wolfe's initial meeting with Kesey.

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

3. What happens when Kesey and Kerouac meet?

4. Describe the state of mind and general condition that leads Sandy to take the Unauthorized Acid:

5. 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?

6. Why do the Prankster feel it's critical not to talk about their experience on the trip?

7. What distracts Wolfe when he is trying to listen to Hassler explain what the Pranksters mean when they talk about the games the straight world is caught up in?

8. Why does Hartweg have such a hard time understanding what the Pranksters have filmed?

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

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

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