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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. Where does Jack decide to go in the spring of 1957?
(a) Europe.
(b) Africa.
(c) Asia.
(d) America.

2. What is most shocking to Angie about Mexicans?
(a) Their poverty.
(b) Their laid back attitude.
(c) Their cruelty towards women.
(d) Their laziness.

3. Who does Jack plan to live with when he finally returns to America?
(a) Alyce.
(b) His mother.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Simon and Irwin.

4. How does Irwin describe Hubbard?
(a) A slave of addiction and lust.
(b) Sherlock Holmes's older brother.
(c) An angel among men.
(d) A crazed diplomat.

5. What is the name of Jack's friend in Africa?
(a) Hubbard.
(b) Hugh.
(c) Howard.
(d) Humphrey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes the Beats to see Williams?

2. What time does Jack and his mother reach their final destination?

3. How does Angie describe the Golden Gate Bridge?

4. What is Cody as a child?

5. What is the name of Jack's friend in Africa's big book?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jack think childbirth is a disservice?

2. How does Irwin describe Hubbard?

3. What does Jack find when he returns to Mexico to write a new novel?

4. What is one of Jack's main reasons for wanting to move back to California?

5. What annoys the girls in Paris about Jack and Raphael?

6. What happens when Jack first meets Alyce?

7. Who is Jack forced to sit with in the dining room on his journey back to New York and why?

8. What does Angie do when she finds out that Ben is a Buddhist?

9. How does Angie describe what love should be like to her son?

10. How does Jack feel about the Beat society by the time he is ready to leave Tangiers?

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