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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Sal get the money to get from Denver to San Francisco?
(a) Roland Major gives him some money.
(b) He pawns his watch.
(c) He panhandles to earn the money.
(d) Sal's aunt wires him the money.

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

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

5. What does Sal do after his first road trip?
(a) He re-enlists in the Merchant Marines.
(b) He works on his manuscripts.
(c) He returns to school on the GI Bill.
(d) He sells pressure cookers.

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

7. What does Sal's aunt do in Washington D.C.?
(a) She buys the group lunch.
(b) She pays Dean's fine for speeding and vents her anger at the officer.
(c) She scolds Dean for driving too fast and getting a ticket.
(d) She wants to stop for a tour of the White House.

8. What does Lee Ann do after Remi loses their money at the horse races?
(a) She makes him repay her.
(b) She kicks him out of their house.
(c) She forgives him.
(d) She yells at him.

9. What favor does Remi ask of Lee Ann in San Francisco?
(a) To accompany him to dinner when his stepfather comes to town.
(b) To return his favorite shirt.
(c) To reconsider her decision.
(d) To let him stay until he can find an apartment.

10. In which city does Sal end the "ride of his life'?
(a) Denver.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Cheyenne.
(d) San Francisco.

11. How does Lee Ann feel about Sal staying with her?
(a) She is displeased.
(b) She is excited.
(c) She is indifferent.
(d) She is apprehensive.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which three people does Sal meet on the "ride of his life"?

2. Who writes to Sal about the possibility of hopping an ocean liner in San Francisco?

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

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

5. What is Roland Major's profession?

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