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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapters 1, 2 and 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Marylou do when she sees Sal on the streets of San Francisco?
(a) She does not acknowledge him.
(b) She suggests they have a drink together.
(c) She waves hello.
(d) She tells him to go away.

3. Who is Galatea?
(a) Sal's brother's wife.
(b) Ed Dunkel's new wife.
(c) Dean Moriarty's new girlfriend.
(d) Sal's new girlfriend.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Sal and another woman he meets on the bus do until her stop in Columbus, Ohio?

2. What does Sal do when he returns to Denver in the spring of 1949?

3. Who thinks Sal should not travel out West?

4. Who do Sal and Terry connect with in Sabinal?

5. Why doesn't Sal show up for the first day of his job in Denver?

(see the answer key)

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