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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Old Bull Lee think of Dean?
(a) That he is fun.
(b) That he is trouble.
(c) That he is intriguing.
(d) That he is despicable.

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

6. Who do Sal and his friends stay with in New Orleans?
(a) Galatea.
(b) Hyman Solomon.
(c) Chad King.
(d) Old Bull Lee.

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

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

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

10. What is Roland Major's profession?
(a) He is an actor.
(b) He is a teacher.
(c) He is a musician.
(d) He is an author.

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

12. Which of Sal's friends stayed with Sal's aunt while he was away?
(a) Chad King.
(b) Carlo Marx.
(c) Dean Moriarty.
(d) Old Bull Lee.

13. 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 money and buy bus tickets.
(d) They steal a car.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Dean move in with after he breaks up with his girlfriend in New York?

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

3. Why does Sal's aunt think they were picked up in Washington D.C.?

4. Why does the driver who gives Sal a ride from Harrisburg to New York refuse to give Sal any food?

5. Where are the two boys from Minnesota headed in their flat bed truck?

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