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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Sal introduce to Dean with whom he forms a strong friendship?
(a) Carlo Marx.
(b) Ed Dunkel.
(c) Remi Boncoeur.
(d) Chad King.

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

3. How is Rita Bettencourt described?
(a) As an outspoken woman who advocates for the oppressed.
(b) As a shy girl without much ambition.
(c) As a lively party girl.
(d) As an intellectual with rapier-like wit.

4. Why do Sal and his friends leave the party in Central City?
(a) It was too boring.
(b) It became too boisterous for them.
(c) Ray Rawlins got into a fight.
(d) They ran out of beer.

5. What does Sal learn when he meets up with Chad King in Denver?
(a) That Chad King, Carlo Marx and Dean Moriarty did not want to be friends with Sal.
(b) That he and Carlo Marx and Dean Moriarty are no longer friends,
(c) That Dean Moriarty and Carlo Marx had already left for San Francisco.
(d) That Dean and Carlo are no longer friends.

6. Why is Sal's friend ejected from the upscale restaurant in San Francisco?
(a) He shouts "Fire!"
(b) He has food poisoning.
(c) He is drunk and boisterous.
(d) He complains about the food.

7. What does Sal realize about his relationship with Lucille during his return stay in New York City?
(a) It is what he desires because she can ground him.
(b) It cannot work because she insists on changing him.
(c) It will work because Lucille has a zeal for traveling.
(d) It cannot work because she is so irresponsible.

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

9. What job does Dean find after Sal first meets him in New York?
(a) Selling pressure cookers.
(b) A parking lot attendant.
(c) A grocery store clerk.
(d) A custodial worker.

10. 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.

11. What does Sal think about his first visit to Denver?
(a) It is inspirational.
(b) It is traumatic.
(c) It is exuberating.
(d) It is ungratifying.

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

13. Who is the mutual friend with Sal Paradise and Mississippi Gene?
(a) Dean Moriarty.
(b) Remi Boncoeur.
(c) Big Slim Hazard.
(d) Montana Slim.

14. What do Sal, Dean, and Ed Dunkel do when Hyman Solomon does not come through?
(a) Sal pawns his watch.
(b) They steal food and gas from distracted gas station attendants.
(c) They steal a car.
(d) They steal money and buy bus tickets.

15. Why does Sal's aunt think they were picked up in Washington D.C.?
(a) Because there were too many passengers in the car.
(b) Because the license plates had expired.
(c) Because of the California license plates.
(d) Because they were speeding.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Sal and Terry connect with in Sabinal?

2. Who thinks Sal should not travel out West?

3. Who does Sal encounter after his date with Rita Bettencourt?

4. After Sal leaves Terry, he rides a bus from Los Angeles to which city?

5. In which city does Sal end the "ride of his life'?

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