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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 event is taking place in Washington D.C. when Sal, Dean, Marylou, and Ed Dunkel are traveling through?
(a) Dwight D, Eisenhower's Inauguration Day.
(b) A VJ Day celebration parade.
(c) A protest march.
(d) Harry S. Truman's Inauguration Day.

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

3. What does Hyman Solomon offer Sal, Dean, and Ed Dunkel?
(a) To find some girls for Sal and Dean.
(b) To drive part of the way.
(c) To give them some drugs.
(d) To get some money in Testament, Virginia.

4. What does Sal do after his first road trip?
(a) He works on his manuscripts.
(b) He re-enlists in the Merchant Marines.
(c) He returns to school on the GI Bill.
(d) He sells pressure cookers.

5. Where does Sal decide to travel after his second trip to San Francisco?
(a) Bakersfield.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Denver.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Sal and his friends stay with in New Orleans?

2. What does Old Bull think is a sign from Sal's deceased father?

3. Where does Sal travel after his first visit to San Francisco?

4. Where do Sal and Dean decide to travel in 1949?

5. What does Sal do in Part 3, when the other passengers criticize Dean?

(see the answer key)

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