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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator writes that the ferns are like those of the what Scripture in Chapter 5?
(a) Lankavatara.
(b) Shiksara.
(c) Amantara.
(d) Svitarisha.

2. What does the narrator say it's called when he rearranges the rock in the stream in Chapter 6?
(a) Making a bridge.
(b) Making a mill rover.
(c) Making a mill race.
(d) Making a God-puddle.

3. What is the name of the pet mule of the local settlers in the book?
(a) Jojo.
(b) Robert.
(c) Alf.
(d) Bingo.

4. Where was Jack Kerouac born and raised?
(a) New York, New York.
(b) San Francisco, Calilfornia.
(c) Newark, New Jersey.
(d) Lowell, Massachusetts.

5. The narrator writes that the flies retreat at night like polite _____ flies in Chapter 5.
(a) Emily Dickinson.
(b) William Wordsworth.
(c) Sylvia Plath.
(d) Midnight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of trees is the narrator surrounded by in Chapter 3?

2. What sound is overwhelming to the narrator when he exits the cab in Chapter 3?

3. Who does Jack curse himself for returning to the cabin with later in Chapter 5?

4. Who is the beatnik painter passed out on the bed in Chapter 1?

5. What does Jack fear in the brush as he travels down the road in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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