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

2. What does Sal feel when he passes the fields near Bakersfield in Part 2?
(a) He feels confusion.
(b) He feels nostalgic.
(c) He feels pangs of guilt.
(d) He feels hungry.

3. Whose ranch do Sal and Dean visit in Colorado?
(a) Montana Slim.
(b) Old Bull Lee.
(c) Ed Dunkel.
(d) Ed Wall.

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 is participating in Alcoholics Annonymous.
(c) That he wants a divorce from Camille.
(d) That he wants to collaborate on a book with them.

5. What does Sal learn about Dean and Camille after his arrival in San Francisco?
(a) That they are moving to San Antonio
(b) That they are getting a divorce.
(c) That Camille has the mumps.
(d) That they are expecting their second child.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Dean's reaction to his passengers being terrified of his driving on his trip from Denver to Chicago?

3. What happens to Sal in Mexico City?

4. What does Old Bull think is a sign from Sal's deceased father?

5. Who do Sal, Dean, and Stan meet in a town called Gregoria?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What place do Dean and Sal plan to travel to where they have never been before?

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

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

6. What happens to Sal in Mexico City?

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

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

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

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

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