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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the mutual friend with Sal Paradise and Mississippi Gene?
(a) Dean Moriarty.
(b) Montana Slim.
(c) Big Slim Hazard.
(d) Remi Boncoeur.

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

3. What Mexican woman does Sal meet on the bus to Los Angeles?
(a) Terry .
(b) Maria.
(c) Inez.
(d) Babe.

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

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

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

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

8. What does Lucille think about Sal's friends?
(a) She admires their exuberance and zest for life.
(b) She likes them because they are so intellectual.
(c) She does not like them for their negative influence on Sal.
(d) She does not like them because they are rude to her.

9. Who is Sal's roommate in Denver?
(a) Roland Major.
(b) Carlo Marx.
(c) Tim Gray.
(d) Dean Moriarty.

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

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

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

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

14. Which of the flat bed truck riders stays with Sal in Cheyenne?
(a) Roland Major.
(b) Montana Slim.
(c) Big Slim Hazard.
(d) Mississippi Gene.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Sal and Dean decide to visit before returning to San Francisco?

2. Why is Sal's friend ejected from the upscale restaurant in San Francisco?

3. Why do Sal and Dean take a quick trip from Virginia to New Jersey?

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

5. Where was Dean Moriarty living before he was first introduced to Sal Paradise in New York?

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