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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What Mexican woman does Sal meet on the bus to Los Angeles?
(a) Maria.
(b) Terry .
(c) Babe.
(d) Inez.
2. What is Central City?
(a) A town where Sal meets some hobos.
(b) A haven for beat subculture.
(c) An old mining town in the mountains.
(d) A town where Sal and his friend's car breaks down.
3. Why do Sal and Terry leave Los Angeles?
(a) They think it is too glitzy.
(b) They cannot find a place to stay.
(c) Sal does not have any friends living there.
(d) They cannot find jobs.
4. Why does Sal leave Terry?
(a) Sal has the itch to be on the road again.
(b) He could not support Terry and her son.
(c) He is feeling tied down in a committed relationship.
(d) Terry kicks him out.
5. Where do Sal and Dean decide to visit before returning to San Francisco?
(a) Denver.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Houston.
(d) Chicago.
6. What job does Dean find after Sal first meets him in New York?
(a) A custodial worker.
(b) A parking lot attendant.
(c) A grocery store clerk.
(d) Selling pressure cookers.
7. What do Sal and his friends do in Central City?
(a) They go to a bar to listen to jazz.
(b) They throw a party at an abandoned mine shack.
(c) They go skiing.
(d) They have an all-night discussion session.
8. Why do Sal and his friends leave the party in Central City?
(a) They ran out of beer.
(b) It became too boisterous for them.
(c) It was too boring.
(d) Ray Rawlins got into a fight.
9. Who writes to Sal about the possibility of hopping an ocean liner in San Francisco?
(a) Dean Moriarty.
(b) Remi Boncoeur.
(c) Mississippi Gene.
(d) Old Bull Lee.
10. Where was Dean Moriarty living before he was first introduced to Sal Paradise in New York?
(a) A reformatory in New Mexico.
(b) A commune in San Francisco.
(c) A hotel in Denver.
(d) An apartment in New Orleans.
11. Who does Sal seek out when he first arrives in San Francisco?
(a) Roland Major.
(b) Remi Boncoeur.
(c) Dean Moriarty.
(d) Marylou.
12. What event is taking place in Washington D.C. when Sal, Dean, Marylou, and Ed Dunkel are traveling through?
(a) Dwight D, Eisenhower's Inauguration Day.
(b) A VJ Day celebration parade.
(c) A protest march.
(d) Harry S. Truman's Inauguration Day.
13. Who does Sal encounter after his date with Rita Bettencourt?
(a) Marylou.
(b) Some Okies.
(c) Some hobos.
(d) Carlo Marx.
14. What does Lucille think about Sal's friends?
(a) She admires their exuberance and zest for life.
(b) She does not like them because they are rude to her.
(c) She likes them because they are so intellectual.
(d) She does not like them for their negative influence on Sal.
15. Where does Dean want to travel before his divorce with Marylou?
(a) Mexico.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Texas.
(d) New Orleans.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the flat bed truck riders stays with Sal in Cheyenne?
2. Who does Sal see that makes him feel that he is closer to Denver?
3. Who arrives in Denver while Sal is staying there?
4. Where is Sal Paradise living at the beginning of On the Road?
5. How does Dean treat Sal's friends while in Denver?
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