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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dean want his friends to help him with?
(a) Teaching him Spanish.
(b) Learning to write.
(c) Helping him move.
(d) Finding a job.

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

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

4. Who does Dean find jobs for in Denver?
(a) Carlo and Eddie.
(b) Roland and Eddie.
(c) Sal and Roland.
(d) Sal and Eddie.

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

6. What job does Sal find in Bakersfield?
(a) Working at a carnival.
(b) Picking cotton.
(c) Security guard at an army barracks.
(d) Picking fruit.

7. What do Carlo and Dean take to help them stay up all night for their chat sessions?
(a) Benzedrine.
(b) LSD.
(c) Asprin.
(d) Caffeine.

8. Where do Sal and Dean decide to visit before returning to San Francisco?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Houston.
(c) Denver.
(d) Chicago.

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

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

11. While Sal is witnessing one of Dean and Carlo's all night sessions, he concludes they are __________________________. (fill in the blank)
(a) Cool hipsters.
(b) Genuine beatniks.
(c) Amazing saints.
(d) Amazing maniacs.

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

13. Where does Dean want to travel before his divorce with Marylou?
(a) Texas.
(b) Mexico.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) New Orleans.

14. What happens in Washington D.C. on the return trip from Virginia?
(a) They catch a glimpse of the President.
(b) Dean and Marylou have a fight.
(c) Dean receives a speeding ticket.
(d) The car goes off the road.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Sal, Dean, and Ed Dunkel do when Hyman Solomon does not come through?

2. What does Dean inform his friends about at a party where Carlo is reading poetry?

3. What is Sal's relationship with the Mexican woman he met on the bus?

4. Who is the mutual friend with Sal Paradise and Mississippi Gene?

5. Who are the two women in Dean's life in Denver?

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