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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 4, 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Carlo and Dean take to help them stay up all night for their chat sessions?
(a) Caffeine.
(b) Benzedrine.
(c) Asprin.
(d) LSD.

2. Who is the woman traveling with Dean Moriarty when Sal first meets him?
(a) Marylou.
(b) Inez.
(c) Terry.
(d) Camille.

3. What New York hitchhiker does Sal meet in Des Moines?
(a) Big Slim Hazard.
(b) Mississippi Gene .
(c) "The Ghost."
(d) Eddie.

4. What does Sal think about his first visit to Denver?
(a) It is exuberating.
(b) It is traumatic.
(c) It is ungratifying.
(d) It is inspirational.

5. Why do Sal and Terry leave Los Angeles?
(a) They cannot find a place to stay.
(b) They cannot find jobs.
(c) Sal does not have any friends living there.
(d) They think it is too glitzy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens in Washington D.C. on the return trip from Virginia?

2. Who does Sal encounter after his date with Rita Bettencourt?

3. Which reason is NOT a reason why Sal dislikes his job at the army barracks?

4. What does Dean inform his friends about at a party where Carlo is reading poetry?

5. Who thinks Sal should not travel out West?

(see the answer key)

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