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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What drinks the narrator's canned milk in Chapter 8?
(a) A bluejay.
(b) A cricket.
(c) A mouse.
(d) A hummingbird.

2. Where is the character George Baso from?
(a) New York.
(b) Japan.
(c) Israel.
(d) China.

3. What was the narrator's brother's name who had passed away in his childhood?
(a) Johnny.
(b) Billie.
(c) Andrew.
(d) Gerard.

4. What kind of cat did the narrator have?
(a) Persian.
(b) Himalayan.
(c) Ragdoll.
(d) Tabby.

5. What is Jack happy to find along the road in Chapter 3?
(a) The creek.
(b) The bridge.
(c) The trees.
(d) The cliff.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say he spends nights thinking about the usefulness of in Chapter 7?

2. Who does the narrator quote from "Self Reliance" in Chapter 7?

3. What author's book does the narrator begin reading in Chapter 17?

4. Who drives the narrator to see Cody in Chapter 17?

5. Who wrote, "You go out in joy and in sadness you return"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Jack's reaction to learning his cat has died?

2. In what ways does Jack communicate or interact with the animals at Big Sur in Chapter 8?

3. In what "chores" does the narrator find peace in Chapter 6?

4. What is Jack's reaction to Cody's disappointment to see him drinking in Chapter 13?

5. What quotes of Emerson does Kerouac use in Chapter 7? What do these propel the narrator to do?

6. Who does Jack quote in Chapter 10 as he leaves the cabin? What does he say?

7. Why is the cabin as isolated as it is? What activity takes Jack an entire day in Chapter 6?

8. What do the descriptions in Chapter 3 relate about the protagonist?

9. Who arrives in Chapter 5? How does Jack's perspective change after this visit?

10. What animal does Jack encounter in Chapter 4? How does he describe this and the landscape?

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