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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Sal in Mexico City?
(a) He gets in a car accident.
(b) He meets a woman and falls in love.
(c) He gets dysentery.
(d) He gets arrested.

2. What does Old Bull think is a sign from Sal's deceased father?
(a) When they see a billboard that says, "Post cards from Paradise."
(b) When Old Pops wins the race at the horsetrack.
(c) When they hear a stranger yell Sal's father's name on the street.
(d) When they hear a rapping noise in Old Bull's dining room.

3. 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 reports Dean to the police.
(c) He takes some of their money.
(d) He hurls insults at them.

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

5. What happens when Camille finds out about Inez?
(a) They become friends.
(b) She is indifferent.
(c) She threatens suicide.
(d) Camille is furious and wants a divorce from Dean.

6. Where do Sal, Dean, and Marylou drop Alfred off?
(a) Tulare, California.
(b) Needles, California.
(c) Tucson, Arizona.
(d) Salinas, California.

7. What does Sal do in Part 3, when the other passengers criticize Dean?
(a) He gets angry at them.
(b) He defends Dean.
(c) He agrees with them and has a talk with Dean.
(d) He ignores them.

8. 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 bored.
(b) They are enthusiastic.
(c) They are terrified.
(d) They are annoyed.

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

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

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

12. In Part 3, who takes the wheel of the vehicle that Dean and Sal are riding in while in Sacramento?
(a) Sal .
(b) The homosexual man.
(c) Dean.
(d) One of the couple.

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What action does Camille take with Dean and Sal in San Francisco?

2. What is the name of the horse that Sal bets on?

3. How does Hal Hingham assist Sal and the others in Tucson?

4. What does Marylou do when she sees Sal on the streets of San Francisco?

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

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