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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 an actor.
(c) He is a teacher.
(d) He is a musician.

2. Who sets Sal up with Rita Bettencourt?
(a) Ray Rawlins.
(b) Dean Moriarty.
(c) Marylou.
(d) Roland Major.

3. What do Sal, Dean, and Ed Dunkel do when Hyman Solomon does not come through?
(a) They steal money and buy bus tickets.
(b) They steal a car.
(c) They steal food and gas from distracted gas station attendants.
(d) Sal pawns his watch.

4. What does Sal confess to Dean on their trip to Virginia?
(a) Dean's erratic behavior is wearing on him.
(b) He wants to take another trip with Dean.
(c) Dean's speeding is making him nervous.
(d) He wants to marry a woman named Lucille.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Galatea?

2. What does Lucille think about Sal's friends?

3. What is the vow that Sal and Terry make?

4. Who is the woman traveling with Dean Moriarty when Sal first meets him?

5. What is Central City?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is "The Ghost?"

5. What favor does Remi ask Lee Ann before he moves out of their house?

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

7. Who is traveling with Mississippi Gene?

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

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

10. Why does Sal break up with Lucille?

(see the answer keys)

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