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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 do Sal and Dean clean up in Chicago?
(a) At a friend's house.
(b) At a hotel.
(c) At a bus station.
(d) In the college boys' YMCA room.

2. How does Sal feel about the friendship between Dean Moriarty and his friend?
(a) He feels like the center of attention.
(b) He feels indifferent.
(c) He feels invigorated.
(d) He feels left out.

3. What does Dean tell Sal after their first real argument?
(a) That he has been crying.
(b) That he is sorry.
(c) That he does not want to be Sal's friend.
(d) That he will not travel with Sal to New York.

4. What do Sal, Dean, and Ed Dunkel do when Hyman Solomon does not come through?
(a) Sal pawns his watch.
(b) They steal money and buy bus tickets.
(c) They steal a car.
(d) They steal food and gas from distracted gas station attendants.

5. What does Sal confess to Dean on their trip to Virginia?
(a) Dean's erratic behavior is wearing on him.
(b) He wants to marry a woman named Lucille.
(c) Dean's speeding is making him nervous.
(d) He wants to take another trip with Dean.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are Sal and Dean's travel companions' reactions to dropping Sal and Dean off at their stop?

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

4. Where do Sal and Marylou stay in San Francisco?

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

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