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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 10 and 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the driver who gives Sal a ride from Harrisburg to New York refuse to give Sal any food?
(a) Because Sal is a stranger.
(b) He is mean.
(c) He thinks fasting is important to one's health.
(d) He does not have any money to buy food.

2. How is Rita Bettencourt described?
(a) As an intellectual with rapier-like wit.
(b) As a lively party girl.
(c) As a shy girl without much ambition.
(d) As an outspoken woman who advocates for the oppressed.

3. Where does Dean take Sal to stay in San Francisco?
(a) At Remi Boncoeur's house.
(b) At the hotel where Roland Major is staying.
(c) At Marylou's new apartment.
(d) At Camille's house.

4. What do Sal and his friends do in Central City?
(a) They go skiing.
(b) They go to a bar to listen to jazz.
(c) They have an all-night discussion session.
(d) They throw a party at an abandoned mine shack.

5. Why does Sal end his ride with the brothers from Minnesota before their final destination?
(a) He meets a woman.
(b) He is getting car sick.
(c) He is bored.
(d) He is determined to see his friends in Denver.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sal leave Terry?

2. Why do Sal and Terry leave Los Angeles?

3. Why do Sal and his friends leave the party in Central City?

4. What job does Sal find in Bakersfield?

5. Where are the two boys from Minnesota headed in their flat bed truck?

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