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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 11 and 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job does Dean find after Sal first meets him in New York?
(a) Selling pressure cookers.
(b) A grocery store clerk.
(c) A custodial worker.
(d) A parking lot attendant.

2. What do Carlo and Dean take to help them stay up all night for their chat sessions?
(a) Caffeine.
(b) LSD.
(c) Benzedrine.
(d) Asprin.

3. Who is Mississippi Gene harboring from the law?
(a) Dean Moriarty.
(b) A young blonde boy.
(c) Eddie.
(d) Montana Slim.

4. In Des Moines, Sal experiences the distinction of the East of his youth and the West of his __________________. (fill in the blank)
(a) Middle-age crisis.
(b) Golden years.
(c) Adolesence.
(d) Future.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. While Sal is witnessing one of Dean and Carlo's all night sessions, he concludes they are __________________________. (fill in the blank)

2. Who is the mutual friend with Sal Paradise and Mississippi Gene?

3. Where do Sal and Eddie receive job offers to work in Iowa?

4. Where was Dean Moriarty living before he was first introduced to Sal Paradise in New York?

5. What does Dean want his friends to help him with?

(see the answer key)

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