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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the narrator write he had to sweat out a fever in Mexico after the earthquake in Chapter 5?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1960.

2. What is Kerouac's fictionalized name in Big Sur?
(a) Jack Kenwick.
(b) Jack Duluoz.
(c) John Kerouac.
(d) John Duluoz.

3. Where are the narrator and his friends driving in Chapter 13?
(a) Santa Clara Valley.
(b) San Fernando Valley.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Big Sur.

4. Who drives the narrator to see Cody in Chapter 17?
(a) Lorenzo Monsanto.
(b) Dave Wain.
(c) Cody Pomeray.
(d) Arthur Ma.

5. What kind of cat did the narrator have?
(a) Ragdoll.
(b) Tabby.
(c) Himalayan.
(d) Persian.

6. What drinks the narrator's canned milk in Chapter 8?
(a) A mouse.
(b) A hummingbird.
(c) A bluejay.
(d) A cricket.

7. Who does the narrator stay up all night talking gibberish with in Chapter 19?
(a) Arthur Ma.
(b) Ron Blake.
(c) Pat McLear.
(d) Dave Wain.

8. Who does the narrator say has prevailed over the American male's ideals now in Chapter 10?
(a) The P.T.A.
(b) Family.
(c) The A.S.P.C.A.
(d) The television.

9. What does the narrator feed the mouse in Chapter 8?
(a) Cheese and milk.
(b) Cheese and chocolate.
(c) Nuts and fruit.
(d) Cheese and nuts.

10. How old does the narrator say he is in the beginning of the book?
(a) Almost 50.
(b) 29.
(c) Almost 40.
(d) 32.

11. In Chapter 1, who does the narrator say he was hiding with in San Francisco upon his arrival?
(a) Ben Fagan.
(b) Dave Wainwright.
(c) Cody Pomeray.
(d) Bums.

12. Who does Jack curse himself for returning to the cabin with later in Chapter 5?
(a) Arthur Ma.
(b) Cody Pomeray.
(c) George Baso.
(d) Dave Wain.

13. What did the narrator's mother write to tell him in Chapter 11?
(a) His goldfish died.
(b) His father died.
(c) His dog had died.
(d) His cat had died.

14. Where does the narrator say he thought he saw a flying saucer in Chapter 13?
(a) Santa Clara Valley.
(b) Duloso.
(c) Los Gatos.
(d) San Fernando.

15. What does the narrator say he spends nights thinking about the usefulness of in Chapter 7?
(a) A thermos.
(b) A wire scourer.
(c) A rope.
(d) A pillow.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his last line of Chapter 6, the narrator says the best thing is to not be what?

2. On which side is the bluff to Jack as he travels the road at night in Chapter 3?

3. How much money does the narrator pay for a cab down the coast in Chapter 3?

4. What does the narrator say it's called when he rearranges the rock in the stream in Chapter 6?

5. The narrator talks of a tree in Chapter 6 that looks like whose face?

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