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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 is "The Ghost's" destination?
(a) Canada.
(b) "It."
(c) New York.
(d) Pittsburgh.

2. What does Lee Ann do after Remi loses their money at the horse races?
(a) She makes him repay her.
(b) She forgives him.
(c) She yells at him.
(d) She kicks him out of their house.

3. What does Sal think about his first visit to Denver?
(a) It is traumatic.
(b) It is ungratifying.
(c) It is inspirational.
(d) It is exuberating.

4. Who does Sal reunite with at the restaurant while having dinner with Lee Ann, Remi, and Remi's stepfather?
(a) Dean Moriarty.
(b) Chad King.
(c) Ray Rawlins.
(d) Roland Major.

5. Who thinks Sal should not travel out West?
(a) Carlo Marx.
(b) Sal's Aunt.
(c) Dean Moriarty.
(d) Marylou.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Sal is witnessing one of Dean and Carlo's all night sessions, he concludes they are __________________________. (fill in the blank)

2. What does Sal confess to Dean on their trip to Virginia?

3. What do Sal and Dean do in New York City on New Year's Eve?

4. What happens in Washington D.C. on the return trip from Virginia?

5. Who is Mississippi Gene harboring from the law?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Sal and Terry go to Terry's home town of Sabinal?

2. Why do Sal and his hitchhiker friend, Eddie, part in Iowa?

3. What is happening in Sal Paradise's life before he meets Dean Moriarty?

4. What is Sal's relationship like with Rita Bettencourt?

5. How does Sal react after he introduces Dean Moriarty to Carlo Marx?

6. Why does Lee Ann throw Remi out of their house?

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

8. What does Sal's aunt do when Dean is given a speeding ticket?

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

10. Why does Sal want to leave Denver?

(see the answer keys)

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