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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Sal, Dean, and Marylou's car run off the road into the mud?
(a) Arizona.
(b) California.
(c) Texas.
(d) Louisiana.

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

4. Where does Dean learn his father is?
(a) On skid row in Detroit..
(b) In prison in Santa Fe.
(c) On Wall Street in New York.
(d) In prison in Seattle.

5. What does Sal consider a sign that he and Dean need to leave Denver?
(a) When Sam Brady delivers the news that the family wants no interaction with Dean or his father.
(b) When they see a lunar eclipse.
(c) When their hotel room catches on fire.
(d) When they see a white horse on the side of the road.

6. What does Marylou do when she sees Sal on the streets of San Francisco?
(a) She tells him to go away.
(b) She suggests they have a drink together.
(c) She does not acknowledge him.
(d) She waves hello.

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

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

9. What is the best time of day for Old Bull?
(a) The evenings.
(b) The afternoons.
(c) Late nights.
(d) The mornings.

10. What plans do Sal and Stan make during Sal's last trip to Denver?
(a) To write a book together.
(b) To travel to San Francisco.
(c) To go bar hopping and to pick up women.
(d) To travel to Mexico.

11. What is the name of the horse that Sal bets on?
(a) Old Pops.
(b) Daddy-O.
(c) Big Brown.
(d) Holy Goof.

12. Whose ranch do Sal and Dean visit in Colorado?
(a) Montana Slim.
(b) Old Bull Lee.
(c) Ed Dunkel.
(d) Ed Wall.

13. Where do Dean and Sal stay in Detroit?
(a) With a friend.
(b) Skid row.
(c) At a YMCA.
(d) At a posh hotel.

14. Who do Sal, Dean, and Marylou meet in Texas?
(a) A prostitute named Mary Jane.
(b) A poet named Walt.
(c) A hitchhiker named Alfred.
(d) A businessman named Donald.

15. Who does Dean seek out in Denver?
(a) An old girl friend.
(b) Chad King.
(c) Carlo Marx.
(d) His long-lost father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sal learn about Dean and Camille after his arrival in San Francisco?

2. In Part 3, who takes the wheel of the vehicle that Dean and Sal are riding in while in Sacramento?

3. What happens during Sal, Stan, and Dean's stay in San Antonio?

4. What does Sal do to put a rift in his friendship with Dean and Camille?

5. What happens to Sal in Mexico City?

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