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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 Dean's job in San Francisco?
(a) He is a parking lot attendant.
(b) He is a security guard at an army barracks.
(c) He is selling pressure cookers.
(d) He is a bartender.

2. How is Sal able to travel from Denver to San Francisco in the spring of 1949?
(a) From winnings at the horse racetrack.
(b) A rich woman gives him one hundred dollars.
(c) He finds some money on the street.
(d) From the money he earns as a laborer.

3. In Part 3, what do Sal and Dean's travel companions to Denver want to do in Sacramento?
(a) Leave Sal and Dean.
(b) Stay overnight.
(c) Stop for lunch.
(d) Go sightseeing.

4. What personal news does Dean share with Sal and Stan in Part 4?
(a) That he wants to move to Tucson.
(b) That he wants to collaborate on a book with them.
(c) That he wants a divorce from Camille.
(d) That he is participating in Alcoholics Annonymous.

5. How does Sal get the money to leave San Francisco for the second time?
(a) Sal's aunt sends him a GI check.
(b) He pawns his watch.
(c) He sells a manuscript.
(d) He works as a grocery clerk.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do Sal and Dean's travel companions drop off Sal and Dean on their trip East in Part 3?

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

4. How does Hal Hingham assist Sal and the others in Tucson?

5. What does Sal's arrival at Dean and Camille's house signify?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who are the other passengers in the travel bureau car that belongs to a wealthy man in Chicago?

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 to Sal in Mexico City?

5. What does Camille do to Dean and Sal in the spring of 1949?

6. What happens to Stan on the way to Mexico?

7. Where do Sal, Dean, and Stan Shepherd travel in Part 4 of On the Road?

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

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

10. Who does Dean meet at a party in New York?

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