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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 thinks Sal should not travel out West?
(a) Sal's Aunt.
(b) Dean Moriarty.
(c) Carlo Marx.
(d) Marylou.

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

3. Which of the flat bed truck riders stays with Sal in Cheyenne?
(a) Roland Major.
(b) Big Slim Hazard.
(c) Montana Slim.
(d) Mississippi Gene.

4. In which city does Sal end the "ride of his life'?
(a) Cheyenne.
(b) Denver.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Los Angeles.

5. What does Sal think after his date with Rita Bettencourt?
(a) There is no hope of a relationship developing.
(b) He is ambivalent and thinks maybe a second date would help him make up his mind.
(c) He falls in love with her.
(d) He has a good time and asks her for a second date.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Mississippi Gene harboring from the law?

3. Where is Sal Paradise living at the beginning of On the Road?

4. Where are the two boys from Minnesota headed in their flat bed truck?

5. Who does Sal encounter after his date with Rita Bettencourt?

(see the answer key)

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