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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 Part 3, when the other passengers criticize Dean?
(a) He ignores them.
(b) He defends Dean.
(c) He agrees with them and has a talk with Dean.
(d) He gets angry at them.

2. What is one of the things Sal and Dean discuss before Dean departs West to see Camille and his children?
(a) That Sal could marry Camille after she and Dean get a divorce.
(b) That Sal, Dean, and Dean's father could take a trip together.
(c) That Dean and his family and Sal and his future family could live on the same street.
(d) That maybe Sal could rent a room at Dean and Camille's house.

3. Who do Sal and Dean travel with on their 1949 trip to Denver?
(a) A Mexican and a hobo.
(b) An Okie and a couple.
(c) A homosexual man and a hitchhiker.
(d) A homosexual man and a couple.

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

5. Who are Sal and Dean's passengers on their trip to Chicago in the travel bureau car?
(a) Two hitchhikers.
(b) Two waitresses they pick up at a diner.
(c) Two farmers.
(d) Two Jesuit students.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Dean tell Sal after their first real argument?

3. What happens in a restaurant in Denver when Sal and Dean are en route to New York?

4. Who does the travel bureau car that Sal and Dean drive from Denver to Chicago belong to?

5. What happens during Sal, Stan, and Dean's stay in San Antonio?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Dean want to take the trip with Sal and Stan?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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