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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which real-life person is the character Irwin in the book?
(a) Gregory Corso.
(b) Neal Cassady.
(c) Lawrence Ferlinghtetti.
(d) Allen Ginsberg.

2. How many miles does the narrator have to hike in Chapter 10?
(a) 14 miles.
(b) 10 miles.
(c) 30 miles.
(d) 20 miles.

3. What color is the bridge where Jack is let off from the cab in Chapter 3?
(a) Gray.
(b) Black.
(c) White.
(d) Brown.

4. What bar does the narrator go to in Chapter 11?
(a) Joe's Place.
(b) Joe's Tavern.
(c) Mike's Tavern.
(d) Mike's Place.

5. What does the narrator feed the mouse in Chapter 8?
(a) Nuts and fruit.
(b) Cheese and milk.
(c) Cheese and nuts.
(d) Cheese and chocolate.

6. What are the new generation of kids who wear ragged but strangely elegant clothing called?
(a) Beaties.
(b) Beat Fancies.
(c) Beat Dandies.
(d) Beatettes.

7. How old does the narrator say he is in the beginning of the book?
(a) 29.
(b) 32.
(c) Almost 40.
(d) Almost 50.

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

9. The narrator talks of a tree in Chapter 6 that looks like whose face?
(a) Rimbaud's.
(b) His own.
(c) God's.
(d) Zeus'.

10. What does the narrator envy of Montesanto's?
(a) His wife.
(b) His family.
(c) His bookstore.
(d) A rolltop desk.

11. When does the narrator write he had to sweat out a fever in Mexico after the earthquake in Chapter 5?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1952.

12. What are the black things the narrator sees in the sand in Chapter 3?
(a) Turtles.
(b) Mule dung.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Rocks.

13. What does the narrator see on his porch from the mailbox which makes him happy in Chapter 9?
(a) His handkerchief.
(b) His notebook.
(c) His hat.
(d) His suitcase.

14. What does the narrator say he spends nights thinking about the usefulness of in Chapter 7?
(a) A wire scourer.
(b) A rope.
(c) A pillow.
(d) A thermos.

15. What name did Cody's character have in "On the Road"?
(a) Neal Cassady.
(b) Jack Moriarty.
(c) Dean Cassady.
(d) Dean Moriarty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What friend of Monsanto's accompanies the group to the cabin in Chapter 17?

2. What does the narrator compare the black rocks to in Chapter 4?

3. What is the name of the bookshop owned by the narrator's friend?

4. Who does the narrator and his gang go to visit in the hospital in Chapter 14?

5. The narrator writes that the ferns are like those of the what Scripture in Chapter 5?

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