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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. What was the cause of Cassady's death?
2. What stands at the center of the Hall at the Trips Festival?
3. Where is Neal Cassady's body found?
4. Where do Kesey and friends get their visas to Mexico?
5. Who came up with the idea for the Trips Festival of 1966?
Short Essay Questions
1. Following the success of the Trips Festival, what does Bill Graham do?
2. Although nothing happens with the Mexican undercover agent, what does his presence make the Pranksters realize?
3. Wolfe writes, "To Kesey, it was a hopeless flea-bitten desert he was fleeing into." What are some of the other descriptions Kesey uses to portray Mexico?
4. Why do you think Wolfe wrote this chapter in this free-verse style?
5. Where is Kesey and what is he doing at the end of this story?
6. What is Kesey's response to an imminent arrest?
7. How does Mountain Girl manage to get off with just a fine for the marijuana charges against her?
8. After Zonker receives a telegram informing the group that the suicide note scheme didn't work, who spreads news that Kesey is in Mexico?
9. In reading this chapter, what did you think of Kesey's attempt at having a final graduation?
10. Why do you think Babbs moves the acid tests to Los Angeles?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Do any of the Pranksters really know what to make of Kesey? Why do they find it so easy to follow him? Do they understand what they're doing? Or is it all fun and games for them?
Essay Topic 2
In the chapter "Cloud," we see the business side of LSD. How are Owsley and the Mad Chemist different? Is Owsley a visionary? Or is he just a shrewd businessman?
Essay Topic 3
Ultimately, what was it about LSD that captivated so many people, especially during the 1960s? Do you think that people really emerged more enlightened after trying the drug?
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