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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator writes in Chapter 3, "I'm afraid to go down there--I am affrayed in the old _____ sense of being frayed by a whip."
(a) Edgar Allan Poe.
(b) Terrible.
(c) Edmund Spenser.
(d) Sharp.

2. The narrator writes that within what time period, he lost complete control of the peace mechanisms of his mind?
(a) Six weeks.
(b) Four weeks.
(c) Two months.
(d) Six months.

3. How old is the character of Arthur Ma?
(a) 41.
(b) 23.
(c) 35.
(d) 30.

4. Who has the narrator planned to meet incognito in San Francisco?
(a) Cody Pomeray.
(b) Ramona Swartz.
(c) George Baso.
(d) Lorenz Monsanto.

5. Where is the character George Baso from?
(a) Israel.
(b) New York.
(c) Japan.
(d) China.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack fear in the brush as he travels down the road in Chapter 3?

2. What friend of Monsanto's accompanies the group to the cabin in Chapter 17?

3. How much money does the narrator say he'll give Cody for rent in Chapter 17?

4. What is the name of the pet mule of the local settlers in the book?

5. What is Cody sitting in front of when the narrator arrives in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jack describe the nature surrounding him in Chapter 3?

2. What "sign" does Jack speak of in Chapter 10 and why?

3. Where is Jack in the beginning of the novel? What were his initial plans and why did they change?

4. What is the description of the boarding house where his friends live in Chapter 12?

5. What exposition does the narrator relay of Cody's imprisonment in Chapter 13?

6. How does the narrator feel about himself in the end of Chapter 1?

7. What in Chapter 3 is an example of foreshadowing?

8. What is Jack's reaction to learning his cat has died?

9. What quotes of Emerson does Kerouac use in Chapter 7? What do these propel the narrator to do?

10. What does Jack describe as he leaves for Big Sur in Chapter 2?

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