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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sal get the money to leave San Francisco for the second time?
(a) He pawns his watch.
(b) Sal's aunt sends him a GI check.
(c) He sells a manuscript.
(d) He works as a grocery clerk.

2. Where was Dean Moriarty living before he was first introduced to Sal Paradise in New York?
(a) A reformatory in New Mexico.
(b) An apartment in New Orleans.
(c) A commune in San Francisco.
(d) A hotel in Denver.

3. Who was born on the road?
(a) Sal Paradise.
(b) Carlo Marx.
(c) Dean Moriarty.
(d) Chad King.

4. What does Old Bull Lee think of Dean?
(a) That he is trouble.
(b) That he is despicable.
(c) That he is fun.
(d) That he is intriguing.

5. Who is "The Ghost?"
(a) An old hobo.
(b) One of Sal's friends.
(c) Slang for a police officer.
(d) A drug-induced hallucination.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sal think about his job in Bakersfield?

2. Who is Mississippi Gene harboring from the law?

3. What is one of the things Sal enjoys doing in New Orleans?

4. In Part 3, what do Sal and Dean's travel companions to Denver want to do in Sacramento?

5. What is "The Ghost's" destination?

(see the answer key)

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