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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 does Jack say when Angie confesses to him what she is so shocked about in Mexico?
(a) It used to be much worse.
(b) It is quite pleasant to him.
(c) It is how people really should be.
(d) He would never act that way.

2. What happens during the cruise that makes Jack wish he were with his mother?
(a) A storm.
(b) Seeing a woman who looked like his mother.
(c) An encounter with bad men.
(d) A dream.

3. Where is the second stop of the bus during the long journey to California?
(a) Austin.
(b) Oklahoma City.
(c) Nashville.
(d) El Paso.

4. Where does Cody ultimately want to end up?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Utopia.
(c) Washington D.C.
(d) Seattle.

5. What wakes Jack up on his first night in Mexico?
(a) Loud music from the floor above him.
(b) A riot.
(c) A big storm.
(d) An earthquake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Jack's friend in Africa?

2. What does Jack notice about all the women he sees in Paris?

3. What is Cody as a child?

4. Where is the first place Jack and his mother stop on their way to California?

5. What is Ben doing when Jack and his mother first see him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jack feel about the Beat society by the time he is ready to leave Tangiers?

2. Where is Jack living at the end of the book, and how does he feel about it?

3. What happens to Jack's rucksack during his trip to see his mother?

4. What does Jack find when he returns to Mexico to write a new novel?

5. Who is Jack forced to sit with in the dining room on his journey back to New York and why?

6. What causes Jack's disgust for the civilized world to increase while he is on the ship heading to Africa?

7. What does Raphael do on his return to New York that earns him great respect?

8. What is one of Jack's main reasons for wanting to move back to California?

9. How does Jack describe Cody when he tries to retrieve some money lent to him?

10. What does Angie do when she finds out that Ben is a Buddhist?

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