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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 is the name of the narrator's cat?
(a) Mick.
(b) Toby.
(c) Java.
(d) Tyke.
2. Where is the character George Baso from?
(a) New York.
(b) Israel.
(c) Japan.
(d) China.
3. What bar does the narrator go to in Chapter 11?
(a) Mike's Tavern.
(b) Joe's Tavern.
(c) Mike's Place.
(d) Joe's Place.
4. What words does the narrator hear in the meadow in Chapter 9?
(a) "Roses of the Dead."
(b) "Roses of Yesterday."
(c) "Roses of the Forgotten."
(d) "Roses of the Unborn."
5. 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) Pollack.
(b) Poe.
(c) James Joyce.
(d) Wordsworth.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the narrator refer to his socks as in the book?
2. What color is the bridge where Jack is let off from the cab in Chapter 3?
3. What is the name of the "skid row" hotel in which the narrator has been staying in Chapter 1?
4. Who does the narrator and his gang go to visit in the hospital in Chapter 14?
5. What book does Jack refer to reading in the cabin at 3 a.m. in Chapter 5?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the description of the boarding house where his friends live in Chapter 12?
2. What does Jack describe as he leaves for Big Sur in Chapter 2?
3. What is Jack's reaction to Cody's disappointment to see him drinking in Chapter 13?
4. What does Jack recall of George Baso in Chapter 15?
5. How does the narrator feel about himself in the end of Chapter 1?
6. How does Jack describe the nature surrounding him in Chapter 3?
7. What quotes of Emerson does Kerouac use in Chapter 7? What do these propel the narrator to do?
8. What does Jack tell himself and thus do in the beginning of Chapter 3? What does the driver tell him?
9. Where is Jack in the beginning of the novel? What were his initial plans and why did they change?
10. What exposition does the narrator relay of Cody's imprisonment in Chapter 13?
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