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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. Through a long quote by Joachim Wach, how does the author describe Kesey and company?
(a) As a group that functions better than most families
(b) As a group that has, for the most part, broken away from mainstream society
(c) Insufferable and stupid
(d) Interesting but he questions why he's writing a book about them

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

3. What is Perry Lane?
(a) Stanford's Bohemian quarter, where Kesey eventually lived while studying at Stanford
(b) It's the name of the warehouse
(c) It's a mythical street made famous in a Beatles song
(d) A street in La Honda, California where Kesey bought a house

4. What famous actress does Doris Delay resemble?
(a) Dorothy Dandridge
(b) Delores Johnson
(c) Doris Day
(d) Doris Roberts

5. What has the Vietnam vet Babbs written and shown to Wolfe?
(a) A gun
(b) A novel
(c) A picture of a Vietnamese war prison
(d) A letter from John McCain

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Goldhill urge Kesey to stop telling people?

2. When Wolfe enters the Warehouse, he mentions a banner that says:

3. Why does Kesey annoy many of the people who visit La Honda?

4. What do the Pransters call Kesey?

5. What route do the Pranksters take back to California?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Wolfe's initial meeting with Kesey.

2. Does Wolfe think the Merry Pranksters are odd?

3. What happens when Kesey and Kerouac meet?

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

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

6. What happens to Perry Lane in July 1963?

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

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

9. Who is the subject of this book and why does Wolfe want to write about him?

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

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