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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How old is the character of Arthur Ma?
(a) 41.
(b) 23.
(c) 35.
(d) 30.
2. What is one of the two names the narrator planned on using as a code name in Chapter 1?
(a) James Joyce.
(b) George Baso.
(c) Cody Pomeray.
(d) Adam Yulch.
3. Where was Jack Kerouac born and raised?
(a) New York, New York.
(b) San Francisco, Calilfornia.
(c) Lowell, Massachusetts.
(d) Newark, New Jersey.
4. In Chapter 1, who does the narrator say he was hiding with in San Francisco upon his arrival?
(a) Dave Wainwright.
(b) Bums.
(c) Ben Fagan.
(d) Cody Pomeray.
5. What sound is overwhelming to the narrator when he exits the cab in Chapter 3?
(a) Rain and wind.
(b) The roar of surf.
(c) The chirping of birds.
(d) Thunder.
6. What name does the narrator refer to himself as a child in Chapter 7?
(a) Ti Jack.
(b) Little Jack.
(c) Ti Jean.
(d) Little John.
7. What is the getaway driver's name in Chapter 16?
(a) Jack.
(b) Sam.
(c) Dave.
(d) Bruce.
8. What is the name of the pet mule of the local settlers in the book?
(a) Bingo.
(b) Jojo.
(c) Robert.
(d) Alf.
9. What poem has McLear recently written in Chapter 19?
(a) "Dark Brown."
(b) "Beat Bible."
(c) "Lonely Night."
(d) "Dark Blue."
10. Where does the narrator say he thought he saw a flying saucer in Chapter 13?
(a) Los Gatos.
(b) Duloso.
(c) Santa Clara Valley.
(d) San Fernando.
11. The narrator writes that within what time period, he lost complete control of the peace mechanisms of his mind?
(a) Two months.
(b) Six months.
(c) Four weeks.
(d) Six weeks.
12. Where does the narrator say that only weeks earlier, he'd fallen flat on his head in Chapter 6?
(a) The Lower East Side.
(b) Queens.
(c) The Bowery.
(d) Brooklyn.
13. Where is the character George Baso from?
(a) New York.
(b) China.
(c) Japan.
(d) Israel.
14. Which real-life person is the character Irwin in the book?
(a) Lawrence Ferlinghtetti.
(b) Allen Ginsberg.
(c) Neal Cassady.
(d) Gregory Corso.
15. For how long does the narrator write that he will go crazy in Chapter 8?
(a) Three days.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) One week.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of the "skid row" hotel in which the narrator has been staying in Chapter 1?
2. What kind of trees is the narrator surrounded by in Chapter 3?
3. What did the narrator's mother write to tell him in Chapter 11?
4. What does the narrator refer to his nightmare he'd had in New York in Chapter 5?
5. In Chapter 20, Arthur Ma asks why did who keep a notebook?
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