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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Dean take Sal to stay in San Francisco?
(a) At Marylou's new apartment.
(b) At Remi Boncoeur's house.
(c) At Camille's house.
(d) At the hotel where Roland Major is staying.

2. What does Sal's arrival at Dean and Camille's house signify?
(a) That Dean will become even crazier.
(b) That Dean will be more dutiful.
(c) That Dean will be more nostalgic.
(d) That Dean will be less conscientious.

3. What happens during Sal, Stan, and Dean's stay in San Antonio?
(a) The three men have a fight.
(b) Stan gets medical treatment.
(c) They get a flat tire.
(d) They get a speeding ticket.

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

5. What is Sal's and Marylou's plan before they arrive in San Francisco?
(a) That they will abandon Dean.
(b) That they will visit Marylou's brother in Alcatraz.
(c) That Marylou would be Sal's girl.
(d) That they will never see each other again.

6. What does Sal do to put a rift in his friendship with Dean and Camille?
(a) He does not share any of the sandwiches he made for his trip.
(b) He hurls insults at them.
(c) He reports Dean to the police.
(d) He takes some of their money.

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

8. Who is Dean referring to when he tells Sal that "God has arrived"?
(a) An author, Edmund McLean.
(b) The poet, William Carlos Williams.
(c) The actor, James Dean.
(d) A musician, George Shearing.

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

10. What happens to Stan shortly after he, Sal, and Dean depart from Denver?
(a) He changes his mind and wants to return to Denver.
(b) He gets an insect bite.
(c) He gets car sick.
(d) He gets a sunburn

11. What is one of the things Sal and Dean discuss before Dean departs West to see Camille and his children?
(a) That Sal could marry Camille after she and Dean get a divorce.
(b) That maybe Sal could rent a room at Dean and Camille's house.
(c) That Sal, Dean, and Dean's father could take a trip together.
(d) That Dean and his family and Sal and his future family could live on the same street.

12. What does Dean tell Sal after their first real argument?
(a) That he will not travel with Sal to New York.
(b) That he has been crying.
(c) That he is sorry.
(d) That he does not want to be Sal's friend.

13. Why do Sal and Dean's travel companions seem leery of Dean on their 1949 trip to Denver?
(a) Because he insists on sticking his head out of the window.
(b) Because he steals gasoline for the car.
(c) Because he is intoxicated.
(d) Because of his erratic behavior.

14. How is Sal able to travel from Denver to San Francisco in the spring of 1949?
(a) A rich woman gives him one hundred dollars.
(b) From winnings at the horse racetrack.
(c) He finds some money on the street.
(d) From the money he earns as a laborer.

15. What does Sal do in Texas to get money to buy gas?
(a) He panhandles.
(b) He holds up a liquor store.
(c) He pawns his watch.
(d) He works in the field picking fruit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Sal and Dean's travel companions' reactions when they overhear Sal and Dean's discussing their car dream?

2. How does Sal get the money to leave San Francisco for the second time?

3. What does Sal pack for his departure from San Francisco?

4. What is Sal and Dean's dream about while driving in a car?

5. What are Sal and Dean's travel companions' reactions when it is Dean's turn to take the wheel of the vehicle?

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