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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 does Marylou do when she sees Sal on the streets of San Francisco?
(a) She does not acknowledge him.
(b) She waves hello.
(c) She suggests they have a drink together.
(d) She tells him to go away.

2. How does their friend assist Sal, Dean, and Stan in Mexico?
(a) He directs them to a brothel.
(b) He treats Stan's insect bite.
(c) He sells them drugs.
(d) He gives them directions.

3. What is the first place Sal visits on his return trip to San Francisco in the spring of 1949?
(a) The army barracks.
(b) Remi Boncoeur's home.
(c) Dean and Camille's home.
(d) The Golden Gate Bridge.

4. Who do Sal and Dean travel with on their 1949 trip to Denver?
(a) A Mexican and a hobo.
(b) A homosexual man and a hitchhiker.
(c) An Okie and a couple.
(d) A homosexual man and a couple.

5. What news does Dean share with Stan and Sal while in Mexico?
(a) Dean wants to extend their trip to Guatemala.
(b) Dean has a divorce from Camille.
(c) Dean's father is being released from prison.
(d) Camille is going to have another child.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Old Bull take Sal in New Orleans?

2. Who does the travel bureau car that Sal and Dean drive from Denver to Chicago belong to?

3. What is the name of the horse that Sal bets on?

4. What plans do Sal and Stan make during Sal's last trip to Denver?

5. Where does Sal decide to travel after his second trip to San Francisco?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Dean want to take the trip with Sal and Stan?

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

4. What happens between Sal and Marylou in San Francisco?

5. What does Sal do to put a damper on the friendship with Dean and Camille?

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

7. What happens to Sal, Dean, and Marylou's car in Texas?

8. What happens when Sal and Dean return the travel bureau car in Chicago?

9. What arrives in San Francisco that allows Sal to return to New York?

10. Who do Sal and Dean ride with in a travel bureau car from San Francisco to Denver?

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