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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 do Sal and Dean clean up in Chicago?
2. What does Sal pack for his departure from San Francisco?
3. Why do Sal and Dean's travel companions seem leery of Dean on their 1949 trip to Denver?
4. What does Sal feel when he passes the fields near Bakersfield in Part 2?
5. What happens in a restaurant in Denver when Sal and Dean are en route to New York?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Dean do when he, Sal, and Marylou arrive in San Francisco?
2. Who does Dean meet at a party in New York?
3. What happens to Sal, Dean, and Marylou's car in Texas?
4. How does a wealthy woman assist Sal in Denver?
5. Who are the other passengers in the travel bureau car that belongs to a wealthy man in Chicago?
6. What happens when Sal and Dean return the travel bureau car in Chicago?
7. Sal and Dean have their first argument at a restaurant in Denver. What is the argument about?
8. Whose ranch do Sal, Dean, and the two passengers visit in Colorado?
9. What does Old Bull think is a sign from Sal's father?
10. What happens to Sal in Mexico City?
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
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.
Essay Topic 3
a. Why is being on the road so important to the Beat Movement?
b. What transformations or epiphanies do the following characters have, if any, after being "on the road"? Cite specific examples from the book.
- Sal Paradise
- Dean Moriarty
- Ed Dunkel
- Stan Shepherd
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