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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Frank Sinatra song does the narrator sing in Chapter 31?
(a) Tomorrow Night.
(b) It's Tonight.
(c) Just Friends.
(d) Blue Moon.

2. Who does Pat McLear say he'd rather go to Hollywood to play in Chapter 23?
(a) Shelley.
(b) Rimbaud.
(c) Kerouac.
(d) Poe.

3. Who does the narrator call in London in Chapter 30?
(a) Lawrence.
(b) Lenny.
(c) Lon.
(d) Lionel.

4. Where do the group drive south to visit in Chapter 21?
(a) A bath house.
(b) A fishing hole.
(c) A yacht.
(d) A castle.

5. What kind of pet does McLear show off in Chapter 24?
(a) A bat.
(b) A parrot.
(c) A hawk.
(d) A raven.

6. Who makes breakfast for the group in Chapter 21?
(a) Dave Wain.
(b) Ron Blake.
(c) Pat McLear.
(d) Jack.

7. What does the narrator tell Billie he's afraid to do in Chapter 31?
(a) Die.
(b) Go to New York.
(c) Get married.
(d) Go to Big Sur.

8. At what time do the narrator and his friends arrive at Cody's in Chapter 33?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Two a.m.
(c) Eleven p.m.
(d) Ten p.m.

9. Who does the narrator compare the image of Cody in the doorway to in Chapter 23?
(a) God.
(b) St. Christopher.
(c) Jesus.
(d) St. Michael.

10. What does the proprietor of the playhouse say that Jack can't play with in Chapter 25?
(a) The children.
(b) The piano.
(c) The curtain.
(d) The horse.

11. Who owns the bath house in Chapter 21?
(a) Gerald Kimble.
(b) Daniel Bryg.
(c) Kevin Cudahy.
(d) Ralph Pomeray.

12. Where does the narrator tell Billie she should go in Chapter 35?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Home.
(c) New York.
(d) A nunnery.

13. How old is Pat McLear's daughter who accompanies him in Chapter 23?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Six.

14. What does the narrator see in a vision in Chapter 37?
(a) A church.
(b) A monster.
(c) The cross.
(d) A castle.

15. What time does the narrator wake up in the part in Chapter 30?
(a) 7 p.m.
(b) 9 p.m.
(c) 6 p.m.
(d) 5 p.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator refer to as "a real Adam and Eve waking up" in Chapter 34?

2. What does the narrator refer to marijuana as in the book?

3. Who does the narrator say is dead and that the sea took in Chapter 34?

4. What does the narrator liken riding in the jeep to in Chapter 33?

5. The narrator and Pat sit talking about Villon and who in Chapter 23?

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