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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. What is Roland Major's profession?

2. Who is Remi Boncoeur's girlfriend?

3. What does Lee Ann do after Remi loses their money at the horse races?

4. Who was born on the road?

5. Who do Sal and Terry connect with in Sabinal?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is "The Ghost?"

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

3. How does Sal react after he introduces Dean Moriarty to Carlo Marx?

4. Why does Lee Ann throw Remi out of their house?

5. What do Sal, Ray Rawlins, and others do in an old mining town outside of Denver?

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

7. Why do Sal and Terry go to Terry's home town of Sabinal?

8. What does the group of friends do while in New York on New Year's Eve?

9. How does Sal get the money to travel from Denver to San Francisco?

10. Why do Sal and his hitchhiker friend, Eddie, part in Iowa?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Friends play a significant role in Sal Paradise's life.

a. As a result of a rift among his friends, Sal is torn between the more established and secure types, like Chad King, and the more frenzied Dean Moriarty and Carlo Marx. How does being torn between friends represent Sal's inner conflicts between being established or rebellious?

b. How do relationships with friends function in Beat culture?

Essay Topic 2

a. Are middle-class American values compatible with being Beat or does an individual need to pick one over the other?

b. Do Sal and Dean change their values or way of life depending on their circumstances, or do they hold true to their beliefs? Cite examples from the book.

c. What were some challenges to the Beat way of life that Sal faced and how did he handle them? Cite examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

a. What are Sal and Dean's views on authority and authority figures? How can they live their lives in absence of authority?

b. What are Sal and Dean rebelling against?

c. How do Sal, Dean, and their friends rebel against what they oppose?

Cite specific examples from the book to support your answers.

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