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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Marylou's new boyfriend in San Francisco?
(a) A man who is handsome.
(b) A man who has money.
(c) A man with a bad temper.
(d) A man who is religious.

2. What are Sal and Dean's travel companions' reactions to dropping Sal and Dean off at their stop?
(a) They are very ambivalent.
(b) They are very disappointed .
(c) They are very happy.
(d) They are very wary.

3. What does Marylou admit to Sal after they arrive in San Francisco?
(a) That he is really wearing on her after the long trip.
(b) She only used him to make Dean jealous.
(c) She has a crush on him.
(d) That she really admires him.

4. What does Sal do when he returns to Denver in the spring of 1949?
(a) He trains as a rodeo clown.
(b) He works as a laborer.
(c) He writes poetry.
(d) He goes to bars and listens to jazz music.

5. Who is Sam Brady?
(a) Dean's cousin.
(b) Sal's friend.
(c) A bar owner.
(d) A hitchhiker.

6. How does Sal get the money to leave San Francisco for the second time?
(a) He sells a manuscript.
(b) He pawns his watch.
(c) He works as a grocery clerk.
(d) Sal's aunt sends him a GI check.

7. What news does Dean share with Stan and Sal while in Mexico?
(a) Dean wants to extend their trip to Guatemala.
(b) Dean has a divorce from Camille.
(c) Dean's father is being released from prison.
(d) Camille is going to have another child.

8. Who does Sal meet in Denver on his third trip West?
(a) Roland.
(b) Chad.
(c) Stan.
(d) Eddie.

9. Who are Sal and Dean's passengers on their trip to Chicago in the travel bureau car?
(a) Two farmers.
(b) Two Jesuit students.
(c) Two waitresses they pick up at a diner.
(d) Two hitchhikers.

10. What is Sal and Dean's plan before they take their second trip in 1949?
(a) They will travel the United States more extensively.
(b) They will return to New York before departing.
(c) They will find jobs in San Francisco to earn money for the trip.
(d) They will earn their college degrees.

11. How does their friend assist Sal, Dean, and Stan in Mexico?
(a) He treats Stan's insect bite.
(b) He gives them directions.
(c) He directs them to a brothel.
(d) He sells them drugs.

12. Who does the travel bureau car that Sal and Dean drive from Denver to Chicago belong to?
(a) A mobster.
(b) An artist.
(c) A car dealer.
(d) A wealthy man.

13. Who do Sal, Dean, and Stan meet in a town called Gregoria?
(a) Javier.
(b) Victor.
(c) Hyman.
(d) Old Bull Lee.

14. Who rescues Sal from the hotel in San Francisco?
(a) Roland Major.
(b) Dean Moriarty.
(c) Remi Boncoeur.
(d) Marylou.

15. How does Sal feel after Dean confides in Sal about his reaction to their fight?
(a) He feels guilt-ridden.
(b) He feels relieved.
(c) He feels manipulated.
(d) He feels that Dean is a sissy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dean do when he, Sal, and Marylou arrive in San Francisco?

2. What is the best time of day for Old Bull?

3. How do Dean and Sal get to Denver in Part 3?

4. What happens to Sal in Mexico City?

5. What happens when Camille finds out about Inez?

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