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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Dean and Sal get to Denver in Part 3?
(a) They take an airplane.
(b) By bus.
(c) In a travel bureau car.
(d) They hitchhike.

2. Who is Galatea?
(a) Sal's brother's wife.
(b) Ed Dunkel's new wife.
(c) Dean Moriarty's new girlfriend.
(d) Sal's new girlfriend.

3. Which of the flat bed truck riders stays with Sal in Cheyenne?
(a) Montana Slim.
(b) Roland Major.
(c) Big Slim Hazard.
(d) Mississippi Gene.

4. What does Marylou admit to Sal after they arrive in San Francisco?
(a) That she really admires him.
(b) She has a crush on him.
(c) That he is really wearing on her after the long trip.
(d) She only used him to make Dean jealous.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who do Sal, Dean, and Marylou meet in Texas?

3. Why does the driver who gives Sal a ride from Harrisburg to New York refuse to give Sal any food?

4. Why does Sal's aunt think they were picked up in Washington D.C.?

5. What Mexican woman does Sal meet on the bus to Los Angeles?

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