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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 9, 10 and 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of the things Sal enjoys doing in New Orleans?
(a) Listening to Old Bull's stories.
(b) Witnessing a jazz funeral.
(c) Exploring the voodoo culture.
(d) Bar hopping on Bourbon Street.

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

3. In Part 3, who takes the wheel of the vehicle that Dean and Sal are riding in while in Sacramento?
(a) One of the couple.
(b) The homosexual man.
(c) Dean.
(d) Sal .

4. Who does Sal encounter after his date with Rita Bettencourt?
(a) Some Okies.
(b) Marylou.
(c) Carlo Marx.
(d) Some hobos.

5. What does Sal do when he returns to Denver in the spring of 1949?
(a) He goes to bars and listens to jazz music.
(b) He trains as a rodeo clown.
(c) He works as a laborer.
(d) He writes poetry.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sal feel about the friendship between Dean Moriarty and his friend?

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

3. What is Roland Major's profession?

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

5. How long has it been since Sal has seen Dean since his first trip to San Francisco?

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