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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sal feel about the friendship between Dean Moriarty and his friend?

2. Who is Mississippi Gene harboring from the law?

3. What happens in Washington D.C. on the return trip from Virginia?

4. Where do Sal and Eddie receive job offers to work in Iowa?

5. Where is Sal Paradise living at the beginning of On the Road?

Short Essay Questions

1. What favor does Remi ask Lee Ann before he moves out of their house?

2. What does Sal find out when he calls Chad King after he arrives in Denver?

3. When and where does Sal meet up with Dean after living in Denver?

4. What does Old Bull Lee warn Sal about in New Orleans?

5. What does Sal learn about Dean's love life in Denver?

6. Why doesn't the driver offer Sal any food on his trip from Pittsburgh to New York?

7. Why does Sal stop in Cheyenne instead of continuing to Los Angeles with the two brothers from Minnesota?

8. What does Sal confess to Dean while traveling from New Jersey to Virginia?

9. Why does Sal want to leave Denver?

10. Why does Sal Paradise travel West?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are conflicting views about Dean Moriarty. One is that he has a zest for life and the other is that he is crazy. What is your opinion on these views?

Support your answer with specific evidence from the book.

Essay Topic 2

In Des Moines, Sal experiences the distinction of the East of his youth and the West of his future.

a. What does the West represent to Sal?

b. Contrast his life when he is living on the east coast and when he is living out west.

c. How have his voyages changed his views on life?

Essay Topic 3

Sal and Dean mention finding "IT" throughout the novel

a. How do Sal and Dean define "IT"?

b. Do they ever find "IT"?

c. Do you think that "IT" has religious or spiritual undertones? Why or why not?

Cite specific examples from the book to support your answers.

(see the answer keys)

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