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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) As long-time friends.
(b) As though they do not exist.
(c) With great animosity.
(d) With great reverence.

2. Where is Sal Paradise living at the beginning of On the Road?
(a) With his aunt in New Jersey.
(b) With Carlo Marx in Denver.
(c) With his brother in Virginia.
(d) With Roland Major in Denver.

3. Who writes to Sal about the possibility of hopping an ocean liner in San Francisco?
(a) Remi Boncoeur.
(b) Old Bull Lee.
(c) Dean Moriarty.
(d) Mississippi Gene.

4. What is Roland Major's profession?
(a) He is an actor.
(b) He is an author.
(c) He is a teacher.
(d) He is a musician.

5. Where was Dean Moriarty living before he was first introduced to Sal Paradise in New York?
(a) A hotel in Denver.
(b) An apartment in New Orleans.
(c) A commune in San Francisco.
(d) A reformatory in New Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the woman traveling with Dean Moriarty when Sal first meets him?

2. What does Sal do after his first road trip?

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

4. What does Sal confess to Dean on their trip to Virginia?

5. What do Carlo and Dean take to help them stay up all night for their chat sessions?

(see the answer key)

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