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

2. Where does Old Bull take Sal in New Orleans?
(a) To an abandoned warehouse.
(b) To the racetrack.
(c) To a bayou.
(d) To Bourbon Street.

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

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

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 works as a grocery clerk.
(d) He sells a manuscript.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Sal and Dean's travel companions' reactions to dropping Sal and Dean off at their stop?

2. What does Marylou admit to Sal after they arrive in San Francisco?

3. Who do Sal and Dean travel with on their 1949 trip to Denver?

4. Why is Dean unable to work in San Francisco?

5. What is Dean's job in San Francisco?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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