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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 6, 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why doesn't Sal show up for the first day of his job in Denver?
(a) He is planning on going on the road again with Dean.
(b) He overslept.
(c) He met a woman.
(d) He would rather live off of Roland's generosity.

2. Where does Dean want to travel before his divorce with Marylou?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Texas.
(c) Mexico.
(d) San Francisco.

3. Who is Mississippi Gene harboring from the law?
(a) Dean Moriarty.
(b) Eddie.
(c) Montana Slim.
(d) A young blonde boy.

4. What does Sal learn when he meets up with Chad King in Denver?
(a) That Chad King, Carlo Marx and Dean Moriarty did not want to be friends with Sal.
(b) That Dean Moriarty and Carlo Marx had already left for San Francisco.
(c) That Dean and Carlo are no longer friends.
(d) That he and Carlo Marx and Dean Moriarty are no longer friends,

5. Where does Sal sleep in Cheyenne?
(a) At a train station.
(b) In a park.
(c) At a motel.
(d) At a bus station.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Dean Moriarty living before he was first introduced to Sal Paradise in New York?

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

3. Who writes to Sal about the possibility of hopping an ocean liner in San Francisco?

4. Who thinks Sal should not travel out West?

5. Who does Sal see that makes him feel that he is closer to Denver?

(see the answer key)

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