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

2. Who is the woman traveling with Dean Moriarty when Sal first meets him?
(a) Marylou.
(b) Terry.
(c) Inez.
(d) Camille.

3. What is Roland Major's profession?
(a) He is an author.
(b) He is a teacher.
(c) He is an actor.
(d) He is a musician.

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

5. Where are the two boys from Minnesota headed in their flat bed truck?
(a) To Los Angeles.
(b) To San Antonio.
(c) To Denver.
(d) To Cheyenne.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which three people does Sal meet on the "ride of his life"?

2. What does Dean inform his friends about at a party where Carlo is reading poetry?

3. Who does Dean find jobs for in Denver?

4. What does Sal learn when he meets up with Chad King in Denver?

5. Who thinks Sal should not travel out West?

(see the answer key)

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