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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. Where does Dean learn his father is?
(a) In prison in Seattle.
(b) On skid row in Detroit..
(c) In prison in Santa Fe.
(d) On Wall Street in New York.

2. Who rescues Sal from the hotel in San Francisco?
(a) Dean Moriarty.
(b) Marylou.
(c) Remi Boncoeur.
(d) Roland Major.

3. How does Sal get the money to leave San Francisco for the second time?
(a) He works as a grocery clerk.
(b) He pawns his watch.
(c) Sal's aunt sends him a GI check.
(d) He sells a manuscript.

4. What does Old Bull think is a sign from Sal's deceased father?
(a) When they see a billboard that says, "Post cards from Paradise."
(b) When they hear a stranger yell Sal's father's name on the street.
(c) When Old Pops wins the race at the horsetrack.
(d) When they hear a rapping noise in Old Bull's dining room.

5. Who is Marylou's new boyfriend in San Francisco?
(a) A man who has money.
(b) A man who is religious.
(c) A man who is handsome.
(d) A man with a bad temper.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the horse that Sal bets on?

3. What does Sal learn about Dean and Camille after his arrival in San Francisco?

4. Where do Dean and Sal stay in Detroit?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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