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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who thinks Sal should not travel out West?
(a) Sal's Aunt.
(b) Dean Moriarty.
(c) Marylou.
(d) Carlo Marx.

5. What job does Remi Boncoeur find for Sal in San Francisco?
(a) A parking lot attendant.
(b) A night watchman at an army barracks.
(c) A clerk at a grocery store.
(d) A bartender.

6. Who does Sal encounter after his date with Rita Bettencourt?
(a) Some hobos.
(b) Marylou.
(c) Carlo Marx.
(d) Some Okies.

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

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

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

10. Who writes to Sal about the possibility of hopping an ocean liner in San Francisco?
(a) Remi Boncoeur.
(b) Dean Moriarty.
(c) Old Bull Lee.
(d) Mississippi Gene.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who sends letters to Sal and tells him about Dean Moriarty?

3. How does Sal get the money to get from Denver to San Francisco?

4. What Mexican woman does Sal meet on the bus to Los Angeles?

5. What do Sal and Dean do in New York City on New Year's Eve?

(see the answer keys)

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