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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. Where are the two boys from Minnesota headed in their flat bed truck?
(a) To Denver.
(b) To San Antonio.
(c) To Los Angeles.
(d) To Cheyenne.

2. Why does the driver who gives Sal a ride from Harrisburg to New York refuse to give Sal any food?
(a) He is mean.
(b) He thinks fasting is important to one's health.
(c) He does not have any money to buy food.
(d) Because Sal is a stranger.

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

4. What does Dean want his friends to help him with?
(a) Learning to write.
(b) Finding a job.
(c) Helping him move.
(d) Teaching him Spanish.

5. Who was born on the road?
(a) Dean Moriarty.
(b) Sal Paradise.
(c) Chad King.
(d) Carlo Marx.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Sal introduce to Dean with whom he forms a strong friendship?

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

3. What are Sal and Dean's travel companions' reactions to dropping Sal and Dean off at their stop?

4. What is the best time of day for Old Bull?

5. How does Sal get the money to leave San Francisco for the second time?

(see the answer key)

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