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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. Where does Sal sleep in Cheyenne?
(a) At a train station.
(b) In a park.
(c) At a bus station.
(d) At a motel.

2. Who arrives in Denver while Sal is staying there?
(a) Remi Boncoeur.
(b) Eddie.
(c) Mississippi Gene.
(d) Old Bull Lee.

3. Which three people does Sal meet on the "ride of his life"?
(a) Big Slim Hazard, Alabama Gene, and the blonde boy.
(b) Montana Slim, Mississippi Gene, and Ed Wall.
(c) Big Slim Hazard, Mississippi Gene, and the blonde boy.
(d) Montana Slim, Mississippi Gene, and the blonde boy.

4. 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 thinks fasting is important to one's health.
(c) He is mean.
(d) He does not have any money to buy food.

5. Where does Dean want to travel before his divorce with Marylou?
(a) Texas.
(b) Mexico.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) New Orleans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sal's relationship with the Mexican woman he met on the bus?

2. What do Sal and his friends do in Central City?

3. Who writes to Sal about the possibility of hopping an ocean liner in San Francisco?

4. What does Sal's aunt do in Washington D.C.?

5. Who did Dean, Marylou, and Ed Dunkel leave in Tucson and why?

(see the answer key)

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