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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. In Des Moines, Sal experiences the distinction of the East of his youth and the West of his __________________. (fill in the blank)
(a) Future.
(b) Middle-age crisis.
(c) Golden years.
(d) Adolesence.

2. What does Old Bull Lee warn Sal about?
(a) That Sal needs to finish his education.
(b) To watch out for the police in New Orleans.
(c) That Dean is getting crazier and to be careful.
(d) That they need to drive more carefully on their road trips.

3. Who does Sal seek out when he first arrives in San Francisco?
(a) Marylou.
(b) Remi Boncoeur.
(c) Roland Major.
(d) Dean Moriarty.

4. Who do Sal and Terry connect with in Sabinal?
(a) Dean and Marylou.
(b) Terry's abusive husband.
(c) Terry's family and little son.
(d) Roland Major.

5. What do Sal and Dean do in New York City on New Year's Eve?
(a) They see a Broadway play.
(b) They go party hopping.
(c) They go to a jazz club.
(d) They stay home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sal leave Terry?

2. What job does Sal find in Bakersfield?

3. What do Sal, Dean, and Ed Dunkel do when Hyman Solomon does not come through?

4. Where do Sal and Dean decide to visit before returning to San Francisco?

5. Who does Sal reunite with at the restaurant while having dinner with Lee Ann, Remi, and Remi's stepfather?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who does Sal meet on the bus from Bakersfield to Los Angeles?

3. What does Sal confess to Dean while traveling from New Jersey to Virginia?

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

5. Who is traveling with Mississippi Gene?

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

7. What does Sal find out when he calls Chad King after he arrives in Denver?

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

9. Why does Sal break up with Lucille?

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

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