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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Freewheeling Frank is a:

2. What does Norman Hartweg want to do with the Pranksters' film?

3. Where does Kesey go to do graduate work?

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

5. What happens when the Pranksters arrive at the seven-day Unitarian Conference?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Stark Naked goes mad and has to leave the group, the purpose of the trip and the documentary become clearer. What is that purpose?

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

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

4. Describe Wolfe's initial meeting with Kesey.

5. Does Wolfe think the Merry Pranksters are odd?

6. Describe the state of mind and general condition that leads Sandy to take the Unauthorized Acid:

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

8. What was the original plan for the road trip to the east coast?

9. What happens when Kesey and Kerouac meet?

10. What happens to Perry Lane in July 1963?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was your reaction to the gang-rape of the woman by the Hell's Angels at the Pranksters' party? What did you think of the way Wolfe portrayed this scene?

Essay Topic 2

What did you think of Wolfe switching up writing styles throughout the book? Did it throw you off? If so, how? Is his so-called "hysterical realism" a good way to tell this story? Or did you have trouble following the narrative? Why do you think Wolfe wrote this way?

Essay Topic 3

Talk about One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Why did Kesey write the story? How did this novel change his life?

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