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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16, 17 & 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator crawl through as he travels the road in Chapter 3?
(a) A barbed wire fence.
(b) A stack of wood.
(c) A tangle of branches.
(d) A wooden fence.

2. How much money does the narrator say he'll give Cody for rent in Chapter 17?
(a) $400.
(b) $50.
(c) $100.
(d) $200.

3. What is one of the two names the narrator planned on using as a code name in Chapter 1?
(a) George Baso.
(b) Cody Pomeray.
(c) Adam Yulch.
(d) James Joyce.

4. Who has the narrator planned to meet incognito in San Francisco?
(a) Lorenz Monsanto.
(b) George Baso.
(c) Cody Pomeray.
(d) Ramona Swartz.

5. What does the narrator compare the black rocks to in Chapter 4?
(a) Prisons.
(b) Vultures.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Castles.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many miles does the narrator have to hike in Chapter 10?

2. The narrator writes in Chapter 3, "I'm afraid to go down there--I am affrayed in the old _____ sense of being frayed by a whip."

3. What does the narrator refer to his nightmare he'd had in New York in Chapter 5?

4. What is Cody's son's name?

5. What is Kerouac's fictionalized name in Big Sur?

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