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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 9 and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the mutual friend with Sal Paradise and Mississippi Gene?
(a) Remi Boncoeur.
(b) Dean Moriarty.
(c) Big Slim Hazard.
(d) Montana Slim.

2. Who is Sal's roommate in Denver?
(a) Dean Moriarty.
(b) Carlo Marx.
(c) Tim Gray.
(d) Roland Major.

3. How does Sal get the money to get from Denver to San Francisco?
(a) He panhandles to earn the money.
(b) Sal's aunt wires him the money.
(c) He pawns his watch.
(d) Roland Major gives him some money.

4. What do Sal and his friends do in Central City?
(a) They throw a party at an abandoned mine shack.
(b) They have an all-night discussion session.
(c) They go skiing.
(d) They go to a bar to listen to jazz.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arrives in Denver while Sal is staying there?

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

3. Who was born on the road?

4. Where do Sal and Eddie receive job offers to work in Iowa?

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

(see the answer key)

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