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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 does Sal think after his date with Rita Bettencourt?
(a) He has a good time and asks her for a second date.
(b) He falls in love with her.
(c) There is no hope of a relationship developing.
(d) He is ambivalent and thinks maybe a second date would help him make up his mind.

2. Why do Sal and his friends leave the party in Central City?
(a) Ray Rawlins got into a fight.
(b) They ran out of beer.
(c) It was too boring.
(d) It became too boisterous for them.

3. Who does Sal seek out when he first arrives in San Francisco?
(a) Marylou.
(b) Remi Boncoeur.
(c) Dean Moriarty.
(d) Roland Major.

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

5. What does Dean inform his friends about at a party where Carlo is reading poetry?
(a) He wants to take a trip to Mexico.
(b) He wants to attend school to become a writer.
(c) He is getting a divorce from Marylou.
(d) He is breaking up with Camille.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dean treat Sal's friends while in Denver?

2. Where is Sal Paradise living at the beginning of On the Road?

3. Who does Dean find jobs for in Denver?

4. Who thinks Sal should not travel out West?

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

(see the answer key)

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