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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Dean greet Sal when he arrives at his door step in 1949?
(a) He answers the door naked.
(b) He is inebriated.
(c) He gives Sal a big hug.
(d) He slams the door in Sal's face.

3. Where is Camille working in San Francisco?
(a) At a diner.
(b) At a doctor's office.
(c) At a five-and-dime store.
(d) At a vinyard picking grapes.

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

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

6. 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 nostalgic.
(c) That Dean will be less conscientious.
(d) That Dean will be more dutiful.

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

8. What is Sal and Dean's dream about while driving in a car?
(a) That the car is a time machine.
(b) That they drive up a ramp and become airborne.
(c) That they can escape their problems if they drive fast enough.
(d) That they take a giant scythe and chop down trees and mountains.

9. What does Dean do while Camille is at work?
(a) He goes out with friends.
(b) He takes college courses to become a writer.
(c) He drinks.
(d) He tends to their child.

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

11. 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.

12. What does Marylou admit to Sal after they arrive in San Francisco?
(a) She only used him to make Dean jealous.
(b) She has a crush on him.
(c) That she really admires him.
(d) That he is really wearing on her after the long trip.

13. Who do Sal, Dean, and Stan meet in a town called Gregoria?
(a) Hyman.
(b) Old Bull Lee.
(c) Javier.
(d) Victor.

14. Who does Dean meet at a party in New York?
(a) Laura.
(b) Terry.
(c) Lucille.
(d) Inez.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the travel bureau car's owner need his car driven to Chicago?

2. What happens to Sal in Mexico City?

3. How does Sal feel after Dean confides in Sal about his reaction to their fight?

4. What are Sal and Dean's travel companions' reactions to dropping Sal and Dean off at their stop?

5. In Part 3, what do Sal and Dean's travel companions to Denver want to do in Sacramento?

(see the answer keys)

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