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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 do Sal and Dean do while bar-hopping in Denver?
(a) They assault a police officer.
(b) They pick up women.
(c) They steal cars.
(d) They perform on stage.

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

3. 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 find jobs in San Francisco to earn money for the trip.
(d) They will return to New York before departing.

4. Where does Sal decide to travel after his second trip to San Francisco?
(a) Chicago.
(b) New York.
(c) Denver.
(d) Bakersfield.

5. What plans do Sal and Stan make during Sal's last trip to Denver?
(a) To go bar hopping and to pick up women.
(b) To travel to Mexico.
(c) To travel to San Francisco.
(d) To write a book together.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does their friend assist Sal, Dean, and Stan in Mexico?

2. Where does Dean learn his father is?

3. How does Hal Hingham assist Sal and the others in Tucson?

4. What are Sal and Dean's travel companions' reactions when it is Dean's turn to take the wheel of the vehicle?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to Sal in Mexico City?

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

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

5. What arrives in San Francisco that allows Sal to return to New York?

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

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

8. What does Dean do when he, Sal, and Marylou arrive in San Francisco?

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

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

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