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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 major manuscript is printed just before Jack moves back to Florida with his mother?
(a) A Long Journey.
(b) Urban Buddhism.
(c) Happy Times, and Sad.
(d) On the Road.

2. What religion does Ben follow?
(a) Presbyterian.
(b) Catholicism.
(c) Buddhism.
(d) Methodist.

3. Who wants to go with Jack on his journey after the farewell party?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Alyce.
(c) Raphael.
(d) Irwin.

4. Where does Jack decide to go to write a new novel after returning to Florida?
(a) Seattle
(b) Mexico.
(c) London.
(d) San Francisco.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Cody stay in prison?

2. What do Jack and his mother enjoy on the bus as they leave New Orleans?

3. What wakes Jack up on his first night in Mexico?

4. What does Jack lend ten dollars to Cody for?

5. Where does Jack spend his last night in California before going back to Florida with his mother?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Jack say the thugs on the street leave him alone when he first enters San Francisco with his mother?

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

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

5. Why is Jack so disappointed when he arrives in San Francisco with his mother?

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

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

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

9. What surprises Jack when he meets a group of English Beat teenagers in London?

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

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