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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Central City?
(a) A haven for beat subculture.
(b) A town where Sal and his friend's car breaks down.
(c) An old mining town in the mountains.
(d) A town where Sal meets some hobos.

2. What does Sal's aunt do in Washington D.C.?
(a) She buys the group lunch.
(b) She scolds Dean for driving too fast and getting a ticket.
(c) She wants to stop for a tour of the White House.
(d) She pays Dean's fine for speeding and vents her anger at the officer.

3. How does Sal feel about the friendship between Dean Moriarty and his friend?
(a) He feels indifferent.
(b) He feels left out.
(c) He feels invigorated.
(d) He feels like the center of attention.

4. Which reason is NOT a reason why Sal dislikes his job at the army barracks?
(a) He would rather drink with the men than reprimand them.
(b) He has to stay awake all night.
(c) He and Remi get free groceries from the commissary.
(d) He has to make one arrest per month.

5. Who is Marylou's new boyfriend in San Francisco?
(a) A man who is handsome.
(b) A man with a bad temper.
(c) A man who is religious.
(d) A man who has money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dean do while Camille is at work?

2. Who is Galatea?

3. Why do Sal and Terry leave Los Angeles?

4. What is the first place Sal visits on his return trip to San Francisco in the spring of 1949?

5. Where does Dean learn his father is?

(see the answer key)

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