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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 call their trip to Millbrook?
(a) The Crypt Trip
(b) The Millbrook Test
(c) The New York finale
(d) The Leary Trip

2. According to Wolfe, what do the La Honda citizens call the Kesey colony?
(a) Prophets
(b) Ninnies
(c) Junkies
(d) Scholars

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

4. Is the intersubjectivity for the group the same on the bus and off the bus?
(a) No
(b) Yes, completely
(c) It's exactly the same on and off the bus
(d) It depends on the temperature outside the bus

5. Kesey, while working as a night attendant in psych ward writes what famous novel?
(a) What to Expect when You're Expecting
(b) Catch-22
(c) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
(d) The Assassin

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Neal Cassady well-known?

3. Why does Kesey decide to leave Millbrook?

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

5. What do the Pransters call Kesey?

Short Essay Questions

1. Have the Pranksters broken away from mainstream society?

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

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

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

5. After the Conference, someone describes Kesey as the "Prophet King." What are Kesey and his group being compared to? Is it a valid comparison?

6. Why do outsiders want to get in with the Pranksters?

7. Describe Wolfe's initial meeting with Kesey.

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

9. Why does Kesey refuse to tell people that they should STOP taking LSD?

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

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