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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. Do the Grateful Dead agree to play at this big party?
(a) They're not a band yet
(b) No, they're under contract to play elsewhere
(c) Yes but they decide not to show up
(d) They never receive a formal invitation

2. Does the officer come to the party?
(a) Not sure. Everyone was in costume, so it was impossible to know
(b) Yes, but only for five minutes
(c) Yes
(d) No

3. Who is coming to San Francisco in September 1965?
(a) The Beatles
(b) The Yardbirds
(c) The Rolling Stones
(d) Malcolm X

4. What do Mexicans call the Pranksters?
(a) Dinero
(b) Guido
(c) Saviors
(d) Diablo

5. How does Cassady drive the Mexican undercover officer away?
(a) He punches him
(b) He pitches a sledge hammer at him
(c) He yells at him
(d) He scares him with talk of the devil

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Black Maria originally follow to Mexico?

2. How does one pass the acid test?

3. What does Mountain Girl do after her trial?

4. What is the slogan that the Pranksters use?

5. What causes the Red Tide?

Short Essay Questions

1. Do you think that Kesey went on his bizarre rant on stage because the Pranksters arrived late to the the anti-war rally with little reception?

2. Why do you think the Mexicans greet the Pranksters with "Diablo!"

3. Once again we see how Kesey controls the group. Describe how he does it this time at Muir Beach?

4. Why do you think Wolfe wrote this chapter in this free-verse style?

5. What were your thoughts about the Pranksters giving laced Kool-Aid to people without telling them what was in the drink?

6. Is it ironic that Kesey goes to the U.S. Consulate, isn't ironic and even gets money from one of the staff?

7. Is it ironic that Owsley, who makes LSD, has a such a bad trip that he 'fails' the acid test?

8. How does Mountain Girl manage to get off with just a fine for the marijuana charges against her?

9. Do you think the Vietnam Day Committee understood what they were doing by inviting Kesey to speak?

10. Why do you think Kesey denies Sandy the Ampex?

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