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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 makes the Jug Band freeze?
2. Where do the Pranksters agree to make a secret rendez-vous in Mexico?
3. What three events occur in this chapter?
4. Where does Babbs move the Acid Test scene?
5. Where does Kesey get money?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did you think when Kesey returns to La Honda after the concert and finds up to 400 people there?
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. Following the success of the Trips Festival, what does Bill Graham do?
5. Is it ironic that Kesey wants to leave the Beatles concert before the crowd gets out of control?
6. Is this a happy ending?
7. Why do you think the Mexicans greet the Pranksters with "Diablo!"
8. For all the things that Kesey hates about Mexico, at this point he discovers a very different side of the country and its people. What does he discover?
9. What were your thoughts about the Pranksters giving laced Kool-Aid to people without telling them what was in the drink?
10. What is Kesey's response to an imminent arrest?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why does Kesey oppose anti-war rallies? Explain how he demonstrates this point of view when he appears at a rally at Berkeley.
Essay Topic 2
Which group do you think was more serious about proving the legitimacy of LSD, the Pranksters or the Leary Group? Why?
Essay Topic 3
When Kesey moves his family and the Pranksters to La Honda, people he used to hang out with on Perry Lane complain that this is no longer the old group of friends, but it's increasingly Kesey's trip. What were they noticing that was so different about Kesey? What was Kesey doing that indicated he was going to be the leader from this point forward?
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