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

2. Where does Sal travel after his first visit to San Francisco?
(a) Bakersfield.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Denver.
(d) Tucson.

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

4. How does Dean treat Sal's friends while in Denver?
(a) As long-time friends.
(b) With great animosity.
(c) With great reverence.
(d) As though they do not exist.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was born on the road?

3. What do Sal and another woman he meets on the bus do until her stop in Columbus, Ohio?

4. Who is Remi Boncoeur's girlfriend?

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

(see the answer key)

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