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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. Where does Sal decide to travel after his second trip to San Francisco?

2. Who are Sal and Dean's passengers on their trip to Chicago in the travel bureau car?

3. In Part 3, who takes the wheel of the vehicle that Dean and Sal are riding in while in Sacramento?

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

5. In Part 3, what do Sal and Dean's travel companions to Denver want to do in Sacramento?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is happening in Dean and Camille's lives when Sal visits them in San Francisco in the spring of 1949?

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

4. What happens to Stan on the way to Mexico?

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

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

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

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

9. What happens to Sal, Dean, and Marylou's car in Texas?

10. What happens to Sal in Mexico City?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jazz music is an underlying theme in On the Road.

a. Describe the role of jazz in the Beat movement.

b. Describe how jazz influences how On the Road was written.

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 connotation of the term, Beat Generation, means that they were discouraged or down and out.

a. Do you think the characters in On the Road fit this definition?

b. What connotation(s) of the term Beat Generation do you think the characters exemplify and why?

Cite specific examples from the book.

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