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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 personal news does Dean share with Sal and Stan in Part 4?
(a) That he is participating in Alcoholics Annonymous.
(b) That he wants to collaborate on a book with them.
(c) That he wants to move to Tucson.
(d) That he wants a divorce from Camille.

2. What Mexican woman does Sal meet on the bus to Los Angeles?
(a) Inez.
(b) Babe.
(c) Terry .
(d) Maria.

3. 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.

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

5. Who is Marylou's new boyfriend in San Francisco?
(a) A man who is handsome.
(b) A man who is religious.
(c) A man who has money.
(d) A man with a bad temper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sal's relationship with the Mexican woman he met on the bus?

2. What do Sal and Dean discuss while traveling from Sacramento to Denver?

3. What plans do Sal and Stan make during Sal's last trip to Denver?

4. Who did Dean, Marylou, and Ed Dunkel leave in Tucson and why?

5. What is Sal and Dean's plan before they take their second trip in 1949?

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