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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 does Owsley make?
2. Where does Kesey usually obtain his LSD?
3. What confuses the cops about the LSD "crazies"?
4. According to Wolfe, who in three years time will film an LSD bus trip through England?
5. Do the Pranksters ever see each other again?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do you think Babbs moves the acid tests to Los Angeles?
2. 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?
3. Is it ironic that Kesey wants to leave the Beatles concert before the crowd gets out of control?
4. In reading this chapter, what did you think of Kesey's attempt at having a final graduation?
5. Following the success of the Trips Festival, what does Bill Graham do?
6. Although nothing happens with the Mexican undercover agent, what does his presence make the Pranksters realize?
7. Why did the Pranksters and their followers fall apart after Kesey's trial?
8. How does Mountain Girl manage to get off with just a fine for the marijuana charges against her?
9. After Zonker receives a telegram informing the group that the suicide note scheme didn't work, who spreads news that Kesey is in Mexico?
10. Where is Kesey and what is he doing at the end of this story?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Many critics call The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test a "classic." Why do you think this book is called that? Do you agree?
Essay Topic 2
The Pranksters often talk about the outside world, the 'straight world.' In this chapter, however, when Wolfe asks Hassler to define what the Pranksters mean by the games the straight world plays, Hassler struggles to define it. What is Wolfe saying about this group and their beliefs?
Essay Topic 3
Were the Pranksters just being lazy by not talking about the experience on the bus? Or was it a good idea not to talk about it? Do you think that if they had started talking about their experiences with LSD on the bus things would have been different? If so, how so?
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