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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sal justify Dean's behavior to Old Bull Lee?
(a) That Dean has a zest for life and is living fully.
(b) That Dean had a rough childhood.
(c) That Dean is only that way when drunk or on drugs.
(d) That Old Bull Lee is too snobby.

2. What does Sal consider a sign that he and Dean need to leave Denver?
(a) When Sam Brady delivers the news that the family wants no interaction with Dean or his father.
(b) When their hotel room catches on fire.
(c) When they see a lunar eclipse.
(d) When they see a white horse on the side of the road.

3. Who is Marylou's new boyfriend in San Francisco?
(a) A man who is handsome.
(b) A man who has money.
(c) A man who is religious.
(d) A man with a bad temper.

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

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

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

7. What is the first place Sal visits on his return trip to San Francisco in the spring of 1949?
(a) Dean and Camille's home.
(b) The army barracks.
(c) Remi Boncoeur's home.
(d) The Golden Gate Bridge.

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

9. Where does Sal, Dean, and Marylou's car run off the road into the mud?
(a) Arizona.
(b) California.
(c) Texas.
(d) Louisiana.

10. What are Sal and Dean's travel companions' reactions when they overhear Sal and Dean's discussing their car dream?
(a) They are increasingly intrigued.
(b) They are increasingly bored.
(c) They are increasingly nervous.
(d) They are increasingly irritated.

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

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

13. What are Sal and Dean's travel companions' reactions to dropping Sal and Dean off at their stop?
(a) They are very wary.
(b) They are very ambivalent.
(c) They are very disappointed .
(d) They are very happy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sal do to put a rift in his friendship with Dean and Camille?

2. Where does Dean take Sal to stay in San Francisco?

3. What happens in a restaurant in Denver when Sal and Dean are en route to New York?

4. Why do Sal and Dean's travel companions seem leery of Dean on their 1949 trip to Denver?

5. How is Sal able to travel from Denver to San Francisco in the spring of 1949?

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