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

2. What is peculiar about Jack and Cody's farewell before Jack returns to Florida?
(a) He did not look Jack in the eye.
(b) He was quiet and somber.
(c) He was more emotional than usual.
(d) He let his wife come with him.

3. What does Jack say Bull Gaines's death marked?
(a) The crushing of his writing epiphanies.
(b) The end of his selfishness.
(c) The end of the Beat movement.
(d) The death of Mexico City.

4. What does Jack do to protect himself when he wakes up on his first night in Mexico?
(a) Runs out of the hotel.
(b) Hides under the bed.
(c) Wraps himself in his blanket.
(d) Tries to get as drunk as possible.

5. Why does Angie not unpack all of her things that arrive from Florida?
(a) She has no intention of staying there.
(b) She did not know they were there.
(c) She wants new things.
(d) Their apartment is too small.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack do on his last day in California before going to Florida with his mother?

2. What is Jack's mother's name?

3. Where does Jack decide to go to write a new novel after returning to Florida?

4. Who does Jack plan to live with when he finally returns to America?

5. How does Angie describe the Golden Gate Bridge?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Angie describe California after living there for a few weeks?

2. What happens on Jack's first night in Mexico City at the end of the book?

3. What is Jack's response when Alyce asks to be allowed to go with him to Africa?

4. What annoys the girls in Paris about Jack and Raphael?

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

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

7. What does Angie convince her son to give up in his life before heading back to Florida?

8. How does Hubbard survive in Tangiers with no real work?

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

10. Why does Jack think childbirth is a disservice?

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