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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 13 and 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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.

4. While Sal is witnessing one of Dean and Carlo's all night sessions, he concludes they are __________________________. (fill in the blank)
(a) Amazing saints.
(b) Genuine beatniks.
(c) Amazing maniacs.
(d) Cool hipsters.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was born on the road?

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

3. Which reason is NOT a reason why Sal dislikes his job at the army barracks?

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

5. How does Sal get from Denver to San Francisco?

(see the answer key)

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