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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 4, 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is "The Ghost?"
(a) A drug-induced hallucination.
(b) An old hobo.
(c) One of Sal's friends.
(d) Slang for a police officer.

3. What happens in Washington D.C. on the return trip from Virginia?
(a) Dean and Marylou have a fight.
(b) They catch a glimpse of the President.
(c) Dean receives a speeding ticket.
(d) The car goes off the road.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Sal finally decide to go back on the road in Denver?

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

3. Which of the flat bed truck riders stays with Sal in Cheyenne?

4. Where does Sal see Dean after his first trip on the road?

5. Who thinks Sal should not travel out West?

(see the answer key)

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