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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. What about the Seattle Times makes Jack sick after returning from the woods?

2. What does Simon's brother look at for hours at the store?

3. What instrument does Moore play?

4. What sport does Jack play in school?

5. To Jack, the forest service is a metaphor of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is so important to Jack about the date of August 22nd?

2. How does Jack feel about Irwin's proposed visit to Jack in Mexico?

3. What does Jack think about the men looking at a pornographic magazine?

4. What is so ironic to Jack as he descends the mountain where he has resided all season?

5. What illusion does Jack have about the moon one night about a month before he leaves Washington?

6. How does the waitress at the luncheonette treat Jack?

7. What happens while Cody is introducing Jack to his new girl?

8. Why does Jack need a ride to Mill Valley?

9. Why does Mount Hozomeen become Jack's metaphor for The Void?

10. What does Jack take pity on the hipsters in Mexico for?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Laughter and happiness are common themes found in this book. Where do these themes come into play, and how do they affect the characters involved in them?

Essay Topic 2

This book takes place in numerus different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why might Jack Kerouac have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

Essay Topic 3

The two Ruths are very similar in nature, although very different in many other areas. What are some of these intrinsic differences and similarities, and what message(s) was Kerouac was trying to send with these two characters who have the same name?

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