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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. Why does the driver who gives Sal a ride from Harrisburg to New York refuse to give Sal any food?
(a) Because Sal is a stranger.
(b) He does not have any money to buy food.
(c) He thinks fasting is important to one's health.
(d) He is mean.

2. Which of Sal's friends stayed with Sal's aunt while he was away?
(a) Dean Moriarty.
(b) Old Bull Lee.
(c) Chad King.
(d) Carlo Marx.

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

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

5. What do Carlo and Dean take to help them stay up all night for their chat sessions?
(a) Asprin.
(b) LSD.
(c) Caffeine.
(d) Benzedrine.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Sal think about his first visit to Denver?

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

4. Who are the two women in Dean's life in Denver?

5. Who is Mississippi Gene harboring from the law?

(see the answer key)

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