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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 6, 7 and 8.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which three people does Sal meet on the "ride of his life"?
(a) Big Slim Hazard, Mississippi Gene, and the blonde boy.
(b) Montana Slim, Mississippi Gene, and Ed Wall.
(c) Big Slim Hazard, Alabama Gene, and the blonde boy.
(d) Montana Slim, Mississippi Gene, and the blonde boy.
2. In Des Moines, Sal experiences the distinction of the East of his youth and the West of his __________________. (fill in the blank)
(a) Middle-age crisis.
(b) Golden years.
(c) Adolesence.
(d) Future.
3. Why doesn't Sal show up for the first day of his job in Denver?
(a) He would rather live off of Roland's generosity.
(b) He met a woman.
(c) He overslept.
(d) He is planning on going on the road again with Dean.
4. What does Sal learn when he meets up with Chad King in Denver?
(a) That Dean and Carlo are no longer friends.
(b) That Chad King, Carlo Marx and Dean Moriarty did not want to be friends with Sal.
(c) That Dean Moriarty and Carlo Marx had already left for San Francisco.
(d) That he and Carlo Marx and Dean Moriarty are no longer friends,
5. Who is Sal's roommate in Denver?
(a) Dean Moriarty.
(b) Tim Gray.
(c) Roland Major.
(d) Carlo Marx.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where is Sal Paradise living at the beginning of On the Road?
2. Where are the two boys from Minnesota headed in their flat bed truck?
3. Which of the flat bed truck riders stays with Sal in Cheyenne?
4. What does Dean inform his friends about at a party where Carlo is reading poetry?
5. Who does Dean move in with after he breaks up with his girlfriend in New York?
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