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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. Where does Kesey get money?
2. How does Cassady drive the Mexican undercover officer away?
3. Who did Black Maria originally follow to Mexico?
4. What three events occur in this chapter?
5. Back in Manzanillo, who sits in jail?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where is Kesey and what is he doing at the end of this story?
2. When Kesey returns to California, he's in a strange state of mind. He says he's in the cops movie now. Does Kesey believe he's going to be captured?
3. Is this a happy ending?
4. What were your thoughts about the Pranksters giving laced Kool-Aid to people without telling them what was in the drink?
5. 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?
6. Is it ironic that Owsley, who makes LSD, has a such a bad trip that he 'fails' the acid test?
7. Why do you think the Mexicans greet the Pranksters with "Diablo!"
8. Although nothing happens with the Mexican undercover agent, what does his presence make the Pranksters realize?
9. Did Kesey seem to know his fate all along his LSD-Pranksters journey?
10. Why do you think Wolfe wrote this chapter in this free-verse style?
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 first chapter of The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Tom Wolfe starts off first by talking about what he has heard about Ken Kesey, and then recounts his first meeting with the LSD guru. He also mentions meeting some of the other Merry Pranksters including Mountain Girl and Neal Cassady. Talk about the tone that Wolfe sets for the book from the start, and his style of writing, and whether this writing style is effective in capturing the story of Kesey and the Merry Pranksters.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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