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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who are the two women in Dean's life in Denver?
(a) Camille and Inez.
(b) Marylou and Inez.
(c) Marylou and Terry.
(d) Marylou and Camille.

3. What New York hitchhiker does Sal meet in Des Moines?
(a) Eddie.
(b) Big Slim Hazard.
(c) "The Ghost."
(d) Mississippi Gene .

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

5. What does Sal learn when he meets up with Chad King in Denver?
(a) That Dean Moriarty and Carlo Marx had already left for San Francisco.
(b) That he and Carlo Marx and Dean Moriarty are no longer friends,
(c) That Dean and Carlo are no longer friends.
(d) That Chad King, Carlo Marx and Dean Moriarty did not want to be friends with Sal.

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

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

8. What do Sal and another woman he meets on the bus do until her stop in Columbus, Ohio?
(a) They sleep.
(b) They discuss books.
(c) They neck.
(d) They play travel games.

9. Where does Sal see Dean after his first trip on the road?
(a) At Old Bull Lee's house in New Orleans.
(b) At Sal's brother's house in Virginia.
(c) On the streets of New York City.
(d) At Sal's aunt's house in New Jersey.

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

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

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

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

14. Which reason is NOT a reason why Sal dislikes his job at the army barracks?
(a) He and Remi get free groceries from the commissary.
(b) He has to make one arrest per month.
(c) He would rather drink with the men than reprimand them.
(d) He has to stay awake all night.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sal think about his first visit to Denver?

2. Who thinks Sal should not travel out West?

3. How does Sal feel about the friendship between Dean Moriarty and his friend?

4. How does Sal get the money to get from Denver to San Francisco?

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

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