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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Riding along the marshes reminds the Narrator of
(a) the loneliness of the two-lane road.
(b) the heat and humidity of the summer.
(c) the opening of duck season.
(d) how cold winters can be.

2. Why does the Narrator almost leave the building with Chris?
(a) He hears a car go by.
(b) He sees someone he doesn't want to talk with.
(c) He is afraid he will see Phaedrus.
(d) He sees how frightened Chris is.

3. A person consists of a personality,
(a) bones and garments.
(b) flesh and legal statistics.
(c) flesh and blood.
(d) bones and flesh.

4. Unpacking at the campground is difficult due to
(a) the lack of help from Chris.
(b) the extreme exhaustion of the group.
(c) the flashlight's disappearance.
(d) Sylvia's complaining.

5. Who are the four people riding motorcycles on a journey?
(a) John, Sylvia, Chris, Buddha
(b) The Narrator, Chris Sutherland, John Sutherland, Sylvia
(c) John Sutherland, his son Chris, the Narrator, his wife Sylvia
(d) Chris, his father the Narrator, John Sutherland, his wife Sylvia Sutherland

Short Answer Questions

1. The Narrator divides human understanding into

2. In chapter 11, the Narrator and Chris seem

3. The group crossed the Missouri River at

4. Phaedrus gave up chasing the ghost of rationality and

5. DeWeese had not like the "Church of Minorities" because

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the DeWeeses respond to seeing the Narrator again? What are their actions and reactions? What are their emotions and thoughts?

2. How did the mechanics who had worked on the Narrator's motorcycle prove that caring about what you are doing is essential to doing it right?

3. What are the important points of skill in each part in the scientific methods process?

4. What reasons did the Narrator (Phaedrus) have for feeling deep kinship with students who were failing his classes? How was he like them? How was he different from them?

5. What is the Narrator's personality theory of motorcycles? (How does a motorcycle acquire a unique personality? What makes up a motorcycle's personality?)

6. Which gumption trap is most often a problem for you and how to you overcome it?

7. How had Chris' YMCA camp experience seemingly made him ill-prepared for actual mountain hiking?

8. What does the Narrator mean by the term "squareness?"

9. What were the possible reasons John did not want the Narrator to use a beer can to shim his motorcycle handlebars?

10. The Narrator says that the ghost Phaedrus pursued appeared incoherent and meaningless, causing the most normal of everyday acts to seem slightly mad. What everyday assumptions and purposes caused this?

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