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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. Where is Camille working in San Francisco?
(a) At a doctor's office.
(b) At a diner.
(c) At a vinyard picking grapes.
(d) At a five-and-dime store.

2. What do Sal and Dean discuss while traveling from Sacramento to Denver?
(a) Their travel plans.
(b) Their dreams.
(c) Their sexual encounters.
(d) Their friends.

3. Where do Sal and Marylou stay in San Francisco?
(a) At a hotel.
(b) With one of Marylou's friends.
(c) At a bus station.
(d) With Remi Boncouer.

4. What is Sal's and Marylou's plan before they arrive in San Francisco?
(a) That Marylou would be Sal's girl.
(b) That they will abandon Dean.
(c) That they will never see each other again.
(d) That they will visit Marylou's brother in Alcatraz.

5. How does Sal feel after Dean confides in Sal about his reaction to their fight?
(a) He feels manipulated.
(b) He feels that Dean is a sissy.
(c) He feels guilt-ridden.
(d) He feels relieved.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Dean referring to when he tells Sal that "God has arrived"?

2. What is the first place Sal visits on his return trip to San Francisco in the spring of 1949?

3. What happens to Sal in Mexico City?

4. Who rescues Sal from the hotel in San Francisco?

5. According to Sal, Dean's soul is wrapped up in ______________________? (fill in the blank)

Short Essay Questions

1. What decision did the other passengers override Sal and Dean on in Sacramento?

2. How does a wealthy woman assist Sal in Denver?

3. What is happening in Dean and Camille's lives when Sal visits them in San Francisco in the spring of 1949?

4. What happens when Dean returns to see Sal at the hotel?

5. What does Dean do when he, Sal, and Marylou arrive in San Francisco?

6. Whose ranch do Sal, Dean, and the two passengers visit in Colorado?

7. Sal and Dean have their first argument at a restaurant in Denver. What is the argument about?

8. How do Sal, Dean, and Marylou get money so they can make it from Arizona to California?

9. What does Dean's cousin, Sam Brady, tell Dean when he was attempting to locate his father in Denver?

10. Why are the car owner and the couple all too happy to drop Sal and Dean off in Denver?

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