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

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

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

4. How is Sal able to travel from Denver to San Francisco in the spring of 1949?
(a) From the money he earns as a laborer.
(b) He finds some money on the street.
(c) A rich woman gives him one hundred dollars.
(d) From winnings at the horse racetrack.

5. Where do Sal and Eddie receive job offers to work in Iowa?
(a) At a diner.
(b) At a sewage treatment plant.
(c) On a farm.
(d) At a carnival.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Sal and Dean's plan before they take their second trip in 1949?

3. What does Lucille think about Sal's friends?

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

5. Why doesn't Sal show up for the first day of his job in Denver?

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