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

2. Who do Sal and his friends stay with in New Orleans?
(a) Chad King.
(b) Hyman Solomon.
(c) Galatea.
(d) Old Bull Lee.

3. Which of the flat bed truck riders stays with Sal in Cheyenne?
(a) Montana Slim.
(b) Roland Major.
(c) Big Slim Hazard.
(d) Mississippi Gene.

4. Who is "The Ghost?"
(a) A drug-induced hallucination.
(b) One of Sal's friends.
(c) An old hobo.
(d) Slang for a police officer.

5. What job does Remi Boncoeur find for Sal in San Francisco?
(a) A parking lot attendant.
(b) A clerk at a grocery store.
(c) A night watchman at an army barracks.
(d) A bartender.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Sal show up for the first day of his job in Denver?

2. Who does Sal introduce to Dean with whom he forms a strong friendship?

3. What does Old Bull Lee think of Dean?

4. What does Lee Ann do after Remi loses their money at the horse races?

5. Who does Dean find jobs for in Denver?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is traveling with Mississippi Gene?

4. Who do Dean, Marylou, and Ed Dunkel leave in Tucson and why?

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

6. Why does Sal stop in Cheyenne instead of continuing to Los Angeles with the two brothers from Minnesota?

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

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

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

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

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