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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 is religious.
(c) A man with a bad temper.
(d) A man who has money.

2. Where do Sal and Dean clean up in Chicago?
(a) At a friend's house.
(b) In the college boys' YMCA room.
(c) At a bus station.
(d) At a hotel.

3. Why does the travel bureau car's owner need his car driven to Chicago?
(a) He bought a new car out west and drove it back to Chicago.
(b) His family decided to take the train after traveling by car.
(c) He lost his driver's license.
(d) He carpooled with a friend on the return trip.

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

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 never see each other again.
(c) That Marylou would be Sal's girl.
(d) That they will visit Marylou's brother in Alcatraz.

6. What personal news does Dean share with Sal and Stan in Part 4?
(a) That he wants to move to Tucson.
(b) That he wants a divorce from Camille.
(c) That he wants to collaborate on a book with them.
(d) That he is participating in Alcoholics Annonymous.

7. Where does Old Bull take Sal in New Orleans?
(a) To Bourbon Street.
(b) To the racetrack.
(c) To an abandoned warehouse.
(d) To a bayou.

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

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

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

11. Why is Dean unable to work in San Francisco?
(a) He has injured his hand.
(b) He has to tend to Camille.
(c) Because of his excessive drinking.
(d) Because of his frequent out of town trips.

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

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

14. How do Dean and Sal get to Denver in Part 3?
(a) They take an airplane.
(b) They hitchhike.
(c) By bus.
(d) In a travel bureau car.

15. What news does Sam Brady deliver to Dean?
(a) That Dean can live with him.
(b) That he used to date Camille.
(c) That Miles Davis will be performing in Denver.
(d) That no one in his family cares to have any interaction with Dean or his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Sal in Mexico City?

2. What does Sal consider a sign that he and Dean need to leave Denver?

3. What news does Dean share with Stan and Sal while in Mexico?

4. What happens when Camille finds out about Inez?

5. Where does Sal, Dean, and Marylou's car run off the road into the mud?

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