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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 Roland Major's profession?
(a) He is an author.
(b) He is a teacher.
(c) He is a musician.
(d) He is an actor.

2. What does Lucille think about Sal's friends?
(a) She does not like them for their negative influence on Sal.
(b) She likes them because they are so intellectual.
(c) She does not like them because they are rude to her.
(d) She admires their exuberance and zest for life.

3. Who does Sal introduce to Dean with whom he forms a strong friendship?
(a) Chad King.
(b) Remi Boncoeur.
(c) Ed Dunkel.
(d) Carlo Marx.

4. Why does Sal's aunt think they were picked up in Washington D.C.?
(a) Because of the California license plates.
(b) Because there were too many passengers in the car.
(c) Because the license plates had expired.
(d) Because they were speeding.

5. Who does Sal see that makes him feel that he is closer to Denver?
(a) Okies.
(b) Denver Broncos football fans.
(c) Hobos.
(d) Western people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job does Sal find in Bakersfield?

2. How does Sal get from Denver to San Francisco?

3. How is Rita Bettencourt described?

4. How does Sal get the money to get from Denver to San Francisco?

5. Who writes to Sal about the possibility of hopping an ocean liner in San Francisco?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Sal, Ray Rawlins, and others do in an old mining town outside of Denver?

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

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

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

5. Who is traveling with Mississippi Gene?

6. What does Sal learn about Dean's love life in Denver?

7. What job does Remi Boncoeur find for, Sal when he arrives in San Francisco?

8. Why does Dean Moriarty visit Sal at his aunt's house in Patterson, New Jersey?

9. What does Dean inform the group about at a party where Carlo is reading his poetry?

10. Why does Sal want to leave Denver?

(see the answer keys)

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