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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 are Sal and Dean's travel companions' reactions to dropping Sal and Dean off at their stop?
(a) They are very ambivalent.
(b) They are very disappointed .
(c) They are very wary.
(d) They are very happy.

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

3. 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.

4. What is Sal and Dean's plan before they take their second trip in 1949?
(a) They will earn their college degrees.
(b) They will travel the United States more extensively.
(c) They will return to New York before departing.
(d) They will find jobs in San Francisco to earn money for the trip.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Camille finds out about Inez?

2. Where does Sal, Dean, and Marylou's car run off the road into the mud?

3. What do Sal and Dean discuss while traveling from Sacramento to Denver?

4. Where do Sal and Dean decide to travel in 1949?

5. Where do Sal and Marylou stay in San Francisco?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What happens to Sal in Mexico City?

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

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

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

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

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

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