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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sal learn about Dean and Camille after his arrival in San Francisco?
(a) That they are expecting their second child.
(b) That they are getting a divorce.
(c) That Camille has the mumps.
(d) That they are moving to San Antonio

2. What are Sal and Dean's travel companions' reactions when it is Dean's turn to take the wheel of the vehicle?
(a) They are annoyed.
(b) They are enthusiastic.
(c) They are terrified.
(d) They are bored.

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

4. 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.

5. What does Dean do when he, Sal, and Marylou arrive in San Francisco?
(a) He abandons them without any money to see Camille.
(b) He goes out to hear a jazz musician.
(c) He does not want to stay in San Francisco and travels to Denver.
(d) He has a fight with Sal.

6. What does Sal feel when he passes the fields near Bakersfield in Part 2?
(a) He feels confusion.
(b) He feels nostalgic.
(c) He feels pangs of guilt.
(d) He feels hungry.

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

8. What does Sal pack for his departure from San Francisco?
(a) His pajamas.
(b) A manuscript.
(c) Some sandwiches.
(d) A gun.

9. In Part 3, what do Sal and Dean's travel companions to Denver want to do in Sacramento?
(a) Stop for lunch.
(b) Go sightseeing.
(c) Leave Sal and Dean.
(d) Stay overnight.

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

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

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

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

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

15. Where does Sal decide to travel after his second trip to San Francisco?
(a) Denver.
(b) New York.
(c) Bakersfield.
(d) Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first place Sal visits on his return trip to San Francisco in the spring of 1949?

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

3. What do Sal and Dean do while bar-hopping in Denver?

4. Where do Sal and Dean decide to travel in 1949?

5. Who do Sal and Dean travel with on their 1949 trip to Denver?

(see the answer keys)

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