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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Sal get from Denver to San Francisco?
(a) A friend gives him a ride.
(b) He drives a travel bureau car.
(c) He takes the bus.
(d) He hitchhikes.

3. Why does the driver who gives Sal a ride from Harrisburg to New York refuse to give Sal any food?
(a) He thinks fasting is important to one's health.
(b) He does not have any money to buy food.
(c) He is mean.
(d) Because Sal is a stranger.

4. Where does Sal sleep in Cheyenne?
(a) At a bus station.
(b) At a train station.
(c) At a motel.
(d) In a park.

5. Where do Sal and Eddie receive job offers to work in Iowa?
(a) At a sewage treatment plant.
(b) At a diner.
(c) At a carnival.
(d) On a farm.

6. Where does Sal go with Babe Rawlins in a mining town outside of Denver?
(a) To an abandoned mine.
(b) To a friend's house.
(c) To an opera.
(d) To a bar.

7. Why do Sal and Terry leave Los Angeles?
(a) They think it is too glitzy.
(b) They cannot find a place to stay.
(c) They cannot find jobs.
(d) Sal does not have any friends living there.

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

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

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

11. What is Sal's relationship with the Mexican woman he met on the bus?
(a) They despise each other.
(b) They are cordial.
(c) They are inseparable.
(d) They are unfriendly.

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

13. Who arrives in Denver while Sal is staying there?
(a) Remi Boncoeur.
(b) Eddie.
(c) Old Bull Lee.
(d) Mississippi Gene.

14. Who does Sal see that makes him feel that he is closer to Denver?
(a) Denver Broncos football fans.
(b) Okies.
(c) Hobos.
(d) Western people.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the things Sal enjoys doing in New Orleans?

2. Where is Sal Paradise living at the beginning of On the Road?

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

4. What job does Remi Boncoeur find for Sal in San Francisco?

5. Why doesn't Sal show up for the first day of his job in Denver?

(see the answer keys)

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