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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book I, Part II - Desolation in the World: Chapters 101 - 102 | Book II, Part I - Passing Through Mexico: Chapters 1 - 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What keeps the blond kid from playing football?
(a) A dislocated shoulder.
(b) Bad grades.
(c) A knee injury.
(d) An ulcer.

2. What does Jack plan to take to San Francisco with him according to his poem about going there?
(a) His books and some cigarettes.
(b) A sleeping bag and a bottle of wine.
(c) An idea and some gumption.
(d) The clothes on his back and a dream in his heart.

3. What is Jack's Solitaire game based on?
(a) Baseball.
(b) Jazz.
(c) Poker.
(d) Literature.

4. What surprises Jack about the 80-year-old man who gives him a ride?
(a) He is rich.
(b) He drives fast.
(c) He smokes marijuana.
(d) He doesn't talk much.

5. What does Jack do when he first wakes up from the dream he has in the forest?
(a) Goes for a long walk.
(b) Writes a letter to his mother.
(c) Calls his brother on the phone.
(d) Tries to interpret the dream.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack decide he needs when he sees the Greyhound baggage carriers?

2. How does Jack travel to Mexico?

3. What does Jack see illusions of while he is out in the storm all night?

4. What is the name of the woman Jack might have married at one point?

5. What does Jack feed the animals that come to his cabin in Washington?

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