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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 route do the Pranksters take back to California?
(a) The midwestern route
(b) They go through Canada before re-entering the U.S. through Washington
(c) The same one they took to the east coast
(d) The northern route

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

3. Who is Sonny Barger?
(a) The president of the Hell's Angels, famous from the Hunter S. Thompson book
(b) A cousin of Sonny Bono the singer
(c) Sandy's cousin
(d) A novelist and motorcycle enthusiast

4. What do the Pransters call Kesey?
(a) President
(b) His holiness
(c) Chief
(d) CEO

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to Sandy after taking Unauthorized Acid?

3. What does Wolfe compare Kesey and the Pranksters to?

4. Do outsiders have any interest in joining the Pranksters?

5. Do the the Merry Pranksters invite or include all LSD users?

Short Essay Questions

1. By the end of the Unitarian conference, the younger Unitarians are so taken with the Pranksters, what do they do?

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

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

4. Does Wolfe think the Merry Pranksters are odd?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is the significance of the Bladder Totem?

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