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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. How does Sal get the money to get from Denver to San Francisco?
(a) Sal's aunt wires him the money.
(b) Roland Major gives him some money.
(c) He panhandles to earn the money.
(d) He pawns his watch.

2. Why do Sal and Terry leave Los Angeles?
(a) They cannot find jobs.
(b) They cannot find a place to stay.
(c) Sal does not have any friends living there.
(d) They think it is too glitzy.

3. What do Sal and another woman he meets on the bus do until her stop in Columbus, Ohio?
(a) They play travel games.
(b) They sleep.
(c) They neck.
(d) They discuss books.

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

5. What job does Sal find in Bakersfield?
(a) Working at a carnival.
(b) Picking fruit.
(c) Picking cotton.
(d) Security guard at an army barracks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Old Bull Lee warn Sal about?

2. What does Marylou admit to Sal after they arrive in San Francisco?

3. Who is "The Ghost?"

4. Where does Sal go with Babe Rawlins in a mining town outside of Denver?

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

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