On the Road Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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On the Road Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who sets Sal up with Rita Bettencourt?
(a) Ray Rawlins.
(b) Roland Major.
(c) Marylou.
(d) Dean Moriarty.

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

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

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

5. What is "The Ghost's" destination?
(a) Pittsburgh.
(b) Canada.
(c) "It."
(d) New York.

6. Who sends letters to Sal and tells him about Dean Moriarty?
(a) Old Bull Lee.
(b) Roland Major.
(c) Carlo Marx.
(d) Chad King.

7. What do Sal and his friends do in Central City?
(a) They have an all-night discussion session.
(b) They throw a party at an abandoned mine shack.
(c) They go skiing.
(d) They go to a bar to listen to jazz.

8. Who is "The Ghost?"
(a) A drug-induced hallucination.
(b) Slang for a police officer.
(c) One of Sal's friends.
(d) An old hobo.

9. Where does Sal travel after his first visit to San Francisco?
(a) Bakersfield.
(b) Tucson.
(c) Denver.
(d) Chicago.

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

11. What New York hitchhiker does Sal meet in Des Moines?
(a) Eddie.
(b) Mississippi Gene .
(c) Big Slim Hazard.
(d) "The Ghost."

12. Who writes to Sal about the possibility of hopping an ocean liner in San Francisco?
(a) Mississippi Gene.
(b) Dean Moriarty.
(c) Remi Boncoeur.
(d) Old Bull Lee.

13. Where does Sal see Dean after his first trip on the road?
(a) At Old Bull Lee's house in New Orleans.
(b) At Sal's brother's house in Virginia.
(c) At Sal's aunt's house in New Jersey.
(d) On the streets of New York City.

14. Who did Dean, Marylou, and Ed Dunkel leave in Tucson and why?
(a) Galatea; she was too sick to travel.
(b) Galatea; she was complaining too much.
(c) Camille; she and Dean had a fight.
(d) Chad King; the rift between the friends was renewed.

15. 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 does not have any money to buy food.
(c) He thinks fasting is important to one's health.
(d) Because Sal is a stranger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is accompanying Dean on his trip to Virginia?

2. Why is Sal's friend ejected from the upscale restaurant in San Francisco?

3. Who arrives in Denver while Sal is staying there?

4. Which three people does Sal meet on the "ride of his life"?

5. What does Sal's aunt do in Washington D.C.?

(see the answer keys)

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