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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Sal realize about his relationship with Lucille during his return stay in New York City?
(a) It cannot work because she is so irresponsible.
(b) It is what he desires because she can ground him.
(c) It will work because Lucille has a zeal for traveling.
(d) It cannot work because she insists on changing him.

3. Where do Sal and Eddie receive job offers to work in Iowa?
(a) At a diner.
(b) At a sewage treatment plant.
(c) On a farm.
(d) At a carnival.

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

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

6. What do Sal and Dean do in New York City on New Year's Eve?
(a) They see a Broadway play.
(b) They go to a jazz club.
(c) They stay home.
(d) They go party hopping.

7. Why does Sal end his ride with the brothers from Minnesota before their final destination?
(a) He is determined to see his friends in Denver.
(b) He is bored.
(c) He is getting car sick.
(d) He meets a woman.

8. Who sets Sal up with Rita Bettencourt?
(a) Ray Rawlins.
(b) Roland Major.
(c) Dean Moriarty.
(d) Marylou.

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

10. What job does Dean find after Sal first meets him in New York?
(a) Selling pressure cookers.
(b) A grocery store clerk.
(c) A custodial worker.
(d) A parking lot attendant.

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

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

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

14. Who does Dean move in with after he breaks up with his girlfriend in New York?
(a) Ed Wall.
(b) Old Bull Lee.
(c) Sal Paradise.
(d) Carlo Marx.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. While Sal is witnessing one of Dean and Carlo's all night sessions, he concludes they are __________________________. (fill in the blank)

3. What does Sal's aunt do in Washington D.C.?

4. Where does Dean want to travel before his divorce with Marylou?

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

(see the answer keys)

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