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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. How does the crowd react to Kesey's remarks?
(a) Wolfe describes them as ecstactic
(b) Wolfe describes them as going into a slump
(c) They're electrified
(d) Muted

2. What does Mountain Girl do after her trial?
(a) She disappears to have her baby alone
(b) She hooks up with Jerry Garcia
(c) She joins some Pranksters and heads for Mexico
(d) She goes back to Poughkeepsie and has her baby

3. Where do the Pranksters agree to make a secret rendez-vous in Mexico?
(a) Mazatlan
(b) Guadalajara
(c) Mexico City
(d) Tijuana

4. Instead of fleeing, Kesey decides to:
(a) Turn himself into the Mexican authorities
(b) Stay in Mexico and start the Mexican Pranksters
(c) Stay in Mexico and assume a new identity
(d) Invite the Mexican officer to a party, the first Mexican Acid Test

5. Where does Kesey usually obtain his LSD?
(a) From a source in Thailand
(b) He makes it himself
(c) From the Mad Chemist
(d) From the Leary Group

Short Answer Questions

1. Does Kesey give the Ampex to Sandy?

2. What does Sandy want the Ampex for?

3. Who ordered a search of Puerto Vallarta after reports surfaced of Kesey's whereabouts?

4. Where is the bus?

5. How does Wolfe describe Haight-Ashbury at this point in the story?

Short Essay Questions

1. Did Kesey seem to know his fate all along his LSD-Pranksters journey?

2. 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?

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

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

5. What did you think when Kesey returns to La Honda after the concert and finds up to 400 people there?

6. Is this a happy ending?

7. What is it about the Red Tide that is so bothersome?

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

9. What is Kesey's response to an imminent arrest?

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

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