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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 Sal do in Texas to get money to buy gas?
(a) He pawns his watch.
(b) He panhandles.
(c) He holds up a liquor store.
(d) He works in the field picking fruit.

2. What happens in a restaurant in Denver when Sal and Dean are en route to New York?
(a) They stiff the server with the bill.
(b) Sal and Dean have their first outright argument.
(c) They make plans to travel to Canada.
(d) They pick up women.

3. Who does the travel bureau car that Sal and Dean drive from Denver to Chicago belong to?
(a) An artist.
(b) A mobster.
(c) A wealthy man.
(d) A car dealer.

4. Who is Dean referring to when he tells Sal that "God has arrived"?
(a) A musician, George Shearing.
(b) The actor, James Dean.
(c) The poet, William Carlos Williams.
(d) An author, Edmund McLean.

5. What does Sal's arrival at Dean and Camille's house signify?
(a) That Dean will be more dutiful.
(b) That Dean will be more nostalgic.
(c) That Dean will become even crazier.
(d) That Dean will be less conscientious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sal feel when he passes the fields near Bakersfield in Part 2?

2. What does Sal do when he returns to Denver in the spring of 1949?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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