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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why doesn't Sal show up for the first day of his job in Denver?
(a) He overslept.
(b) He is planning on going on the road again with Dean.
(c) He would rather live off of Roland's generosity.
(d) He met a woman.

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

4. Who is Remi Boncoeur's girlfriend?
(a) Terry.
(b) Lee Ann.
(c) Babe.
(d) Camille.

5. How does Lee Ann feel about Sal staying with her?
(a) She is apprehensive.
(b) She is indifferent.
(c) She is excited.
(d) She is displeased.

6. Who is Hyman Solomon?
(a) One of Bull Lee's friends.
(b) A hobo.
(c) One of Dean's friends.
(d) A horse that Bull Lee makes a bet on.

7. When does Sal finally decide to go back on the road in Denver?
(a) After an all-night session with Carlo Marx and Dean Moriarty.
(b) After Eddie arrives in Denver.
(c) After his date with Rita Bettencourt.
(d) After the party in Central City.

8. How does Dean treat Sal's friends while in Denver?
(a) As though they do not exist.
(b) As long-time friends.
(c) With great animosity.
(d) With great reverence.

9. Who is the woman traveling with Dean Moriarty when Sal first meets him?
(a) Camille.
(b) Terry.
(c) Marylou.
(d) Inez.

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

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

12. What does Dean inform his friends about at a party where Carlo is reading poetry?
(a) He is breaking up with Camille.
(b) He wants to take a trip to Mexico.
(c) He wants to attend school to become a writer.
(d) He is getting a divorce from Marylou.

13. How does Sal get the money to get from Denver to San Francisco?
(a) He pawns his watch.
(b) He panhandles to earn the money.
(c) Roland Major gives him some money.
(d) Sal's aunt wires him the money.

14. What does Sal think about his job in Bakersfield?
(a) He thinks it is back-breaking work.
(b) He does not like his boss.
(c) He loves working close to the earth.
(d) He likes the high wages he receives.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Sal and another woman he meets on the bus do until her stop in Columbus, Ohio?

2. Who did Dean, Marylou, and Ed Dunkel leave in Tucson and why?

3. What is the vow that Sal and Terry make?

4. What does Sal learn when he meets up with Chad King in Denver?

5. What is "The Ghost's" destination?

(see the answer keys)

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