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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long has it been since Sal has seen Dean since his first trip to San Francisco?
(a) One year.
(b) Six months.
(c) Two years.
(d) A few weeks.

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

4. Who is Mississippi Gene harboring from the law?
(a) Dean Moriarty.
(b) Eddie.
(c) Montana Slim.
(d) A young blonde boy.

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

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

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

8. What time of year do Sal and Dean reunite after Sal's first trip?
(a) Summer time.
(b) During Easter.
(c) Thanksgiving time.
(d) Christmas time.

9. What do Sal and his friends do in Central City?
(a) They throw a party at an abandoned mine shack.
(b) They go skiing.
(c) They go to a bar to listen to jazz.
(d) They have an all-night discussion session.

10. What do Sal, Dean, and Ed Dunkel do when Hyman Solomon does not come through?
(a) Sal pawns his watch.
(b) They steal money and buy bus tickets.
(c) They steal food and gas from distracted gas station attendants.
(d) They steal a car.

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

12. Who is Remi Boncoeur's girlfriend?
(a) Babe.
(b) Camille.
(c) Terry.
(d) Lee Ann.

13. Who is accompanying Dean on his trip to Virginia?
(a) Marylou and Camille.
(b) Marylou and Ed Dunkel.
(c) Camille and Carlo Marx.
(d) Ed Dunkel and Carlo Marx.

14. After Sal leaves Terry, he rides a bus from Los Angeles to which city?
(a) Pittsburgh.
(b) Harrisburg.
(c) Columbus.
(d) New York City.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Sal and another woman he meets on the bus do until her stop in Columbus, Ohio?

2. Where does Sal see Dean after his first trip on the road?

3. What does Sal confess to Dean on their trip to Virginia?

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

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

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