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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Carlo and Dean take to help them stay up all night for their chat sessions?
(a) Asprin.
(b) Benzedrine.
(c) LSD.
(d) Caffeine.

2. How does Sal get from Denver to San Francisco?
(a) A friend gives him a ride.
(b) He drives a travel bureau car.
(c) He takes the bus.
(d) He hitchhikes.

3. Why does the driver who gives Sal a ride from Harrisburg to New York refuse to give Sal any food?
(a) He thinks fasting is important to one's health.
(b) He does not have any money to buy food.
(c) He is mean.
(d) Because Sal is a stranger.

4. Where does Sal sleep in Cheyenne?
(a) At a bus station.
(b) At a train station.
(c) At a motel.
(d) In a park.

5. Where do Sal and Eddie receive job offers to work in Iowa?
(a) At a sewage treatment plant.
(b) At a diner.
(c) At a carnival.
(d) On a farm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Sal go with Babe Rawlins in a mining town outside of Denver?

2. Why do Sal and Terry leave Los Angeles?

3. What is "The Ghost's" destination?

4. Which reason is NOT a reason why Sal dislikes his job at the army barracks?

5. Who does Dean find jobs for in Denver?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the vow Sal and Terry make when Sal leaves for New York?

2. What are Sal's living arrangements while he is in Denver?

3. What happens to Sal, Dean, Marylou, and Ed Dunkel in Washington, D.C.?

4. Why does Sal Paradise travel West?

5. Who is traveling with Mississippi Gene?

6. When and where does Sal meet up with Dean after living in Denver?

7. Why does Sal want to leave Denver?

8. Who is "The Ghost?"

9. What is the wildest ride of Sal's journey?

10. What does Old Bull Lee warn Sal about in New Orleans?

(see the answer keys)

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