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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 Hal Hingham assist Sal and the others in Tucson?
(a) He gives them five dollars.
(b) He lets them spend the night at his house.
(c) He buys them dinner.
(d) He lets them take a shower at his house.

2. What news does Sam Brady deliver to Dean?
(a) That Dean can live with him.
(b) That he used to date Camille.
(c) That no one in his family cares to have any interaction with Dean or his father.
(d) That Miles Davis will be performing in Denver.

3. Who does Dean seek out in Denver?
(a) His long-lost father.
(b) Carlo Marx.
(c) Chad King.
(d) An old girl friend.

4. Where does Dean take Sal to stay in San Francisco?
(a) At the hotel where Roland Major is staying.
(b) At Remi Boncoeur's house.
(c) At Camille's house.
(d) At Marylou's new apartment.

5. What does Sal do to put a rift in his friendship with Dean and Camille?
(a) He reports Dean to the police.
(b) He takes some of their money.
(c) He hurls insults at them.
(d) He does not share any of the sandwiches he made for his trip.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marylou do when she sees Sal on the streets of San Francisco?

2. What personal news does Dean share with Sal and Stan in Part 4?

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

4. What news does Dean share with Stan and Sal while in Mexico?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who are the other passengers in the travel bureau car that belongs to a wealthy man in Chicago?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Camille do to Dean and Sal in the spring of 1949?

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