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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. Where do Sal and Eddie receive job offers to work in Iowa?
(a) At a diner.
(b) On a farm.
(c) At a carnival.
(d) At a sewage treatment plant.

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

3. Who was born on the road?
(a) Carlo Marx.
(b) Chad King.
(c) Dean Moriarty.
(d) Sal Paradise.

4. Who sends letters to Sal and tells him about Dean Moriarty?
(a) Carlo Marx.
(b) Roland Major.
(c) Chad King.
(d) Old Bull Lee.

5. 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 and Carlo are no longer friends.
(c) That Dean Moriarty and Carlo Marx had already left for San Francisco.
(d) That he and Carlo Marx and Dean Moriarty are no longer friends,

Short Answer Questions

1. In Des Moines, Sal experiences the distinction of the East of his youth and the West of his __________________. (fill in the blank)

2. Who is Sal's roommate in Denver?

3. Why doesn't Sal show up for the first day of his job in Denver?

4. Who is Mississippi Gene harboring from the law?

5. What New York hitchhiker does Sal meet in Des Moines?

(see the answer key)

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