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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are the two boys from Minnesota headed in their flat bed truck?
(a) To San Antonio.
(b) To Denver.
(c) To Cheyenne.
(d) To Los Angeles.

2. What does Old Bull Lee warn Sal about?
(a) To watch out for the police in New Orleans.
(b) That Dean is getting crazier and to be careful.
(c) That Sal needs to finish his education.
(d) That they need to drive more carefully on their road trips.

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

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

5. What is Central City?
(a) A town where Sal and his friend's car breaks down.
(b) An old mining town in the mountains.
(c) A town where Sal meets some hobos.
(d) A haven for beat subculture.

6. What happens in Washington D.C. on the return trip from Virginia?
(a) The car goes off the road.
(b) Dean receives a speeding ticket.
(c) Dean and Marylou have a fight.
(d) They catch a glimpse of the President.

7. Who does Sal seek out when he first arrives in San Francisco?
(a) Marylou.
(b) Roland Major.
(c) Remi Boncoeur.
(d) Dean Moriarty.

8. What is the vow that Sal and Terry make?
(a) That Terry will come to New York soon.
(b) That Terry will travel with Sal and his friends.
(c) That Sal will earn money and return to Sabinal.
(d) That they will never see each other again.

9. Where was Dean Moriarty living before he was first introduced to Sal Paradise in New York?
(a) A hotel in Denver.
(b) An apartment in New Orleans.
(c) A reformatory in New Mexico.
(d) A commune in San Francisco.

10. Which three people does Sal meet on the "ride of his life"?
(a) Big Slim Hazard, Alabama Gene, and the blonde boy.
(b) Big Slim Hazard, Mississippi Gene, and the blonde boy.
(c) Montana Slim, Mississippi Gene, and Ed Wall.
(d) Montana Slim, Mississippi Gene, and the blonde boy.

11. Who do Sal and Terry connect with in Sabinal?
(a) Terry's abusive husband.
(b) Dean and Marylou.
(c) Terry's family and little son.
(d) Roland Major.

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

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

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

15. What does Dean want his friends to help him with?
(a) Teaching him Spanish.
(b) Finding a job.
(c) Learning to write.
(d) Helping him move.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Sal's relationship with the Mexican woman he met on the bus?

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

4. Who does Sal see that makes him feel that he is closer to Denver?

5. Who did Dean, Marylou, and Ed Dunkel leave in Tucson and why?

(see the answer keys)

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