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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What month is it when Jack is in the cabin in Chapter 6?
(a) October.
(b) July.
(c) September.
(d) August.

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

4. How much money does the narrator pay for a cab down the coast in Chapter 3?
(a) $8.
(b) $14.
(c) $10.
(d) $6.

5. To whom did the narrator say, "Allow me to stay here, I only want peace"?
(a) Lorenzo.
(b) The local spirits.
(c) Alf.
(d) Christ.

6. Where does the narrator say is "home" 3,000 miles away in Chapter 1?
(a) Queens.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) New Haven.
(d) Long Island.

7. What is the getaway driver's name in Chapter 16?
(a) Bruce.
(b) Jack.
(c) Sam.
(d) Dave.

8. What poem has McLear recently written in Chapter 19?
(a) "Dark Brown."
(b) "Dark Blue."
(c) "Lonely Night."
(d) "Beat Bible."

9. How high is the cliff the narrator sees the morning of Chapter 4?
(a) A thousand feet.
(b) Two hundred feet.
(c) A hundred feet.
(d) Two thousand feet.

10. Which author does the narrator say wrote the inanities of the sea because he wasn't going to do it when he's dead?
(a) James Joyce.
(b) Wordsworth.
(c) Pollack.
(d) Poe.

11. What book does Jack refer to reading in the cabin at 3 a.m. in Chapter 5?
(a) Finnegan's Wake.
(b) Frankenstein.
(c) Dr. Jekyll and Mister Hyde.
(d) Ulysses.

12. Who drives the narrator to see Cody in Chapter 17?
(a) Arthur Ma.
(b) Dave Wain.
(c) Lorenzo Monsanto.
(d) Cody Pomeray.

13. What is the name of the bridge where the cab drops off Jack in Chapter 3?
(a) Tuscan Canyon.
(b) Raton Bluff.
(c) Big Sur.
(d) Raton Canyon.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What old buddy does the the narrator send a letter to in Chapter 9?

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

4. In Chapter 14, which character is described as a strange kid from Oregon with hair like Raul Castro?

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

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