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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. What is the first place Sal visits on his return trip to San Francisco in the spring of 1949?
(a) Remi Boncoeur's home.
(b) The army barracks.
(c) Dean and Camille's home.
(d) The Golden Gate Bridge.

2. What does Sal learn about Dean and Camille after his arrival in San Francisco?
(a) That they are getting a divorce.
(b) That Camille has the mumps.
(c) That they are moving to San Antonio
(d) That they are expecting their second child.

3. What is Central City?
(a) A town where Sal and his friend's car breaks down.
(b) A haven for beat subculture.
(c) A town where Sal meets some hobos.
(d) An old mining town in the mountains.

4. Who does Dean move in with after he breaks up with his girlfriend in New York?
(a) Sal Paradise.
(b) Ed Wall.
(c) Old Bull Lee.
(d) Carlo Marx.

5. What are Sal and Dean's travel companions' reactions to dropping Sal and Dean off at their stop?
(a) They are very disappointed .
(b) They are very wary.
(c) They are very ambivalent.
(d) They are very happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sal justify Dean's behavior to Old Bull Lee?

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

3. Who does Sal seek out when he first arrives in San Francisco?

4. Where is Camille working in San Francisco?

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

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