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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who did Dean, Marylou, and Ed Dunkel leave in Tucson and why?
(a) Camille; she and Dean had a fight.
(b) Chad King; the rift between the friends was renewed.
(c) Galatea; she was complaining too much.
(d) Galatea; she was too sick to travel.

3. Who do Sal and his friends stay with in New Orleans?
(a) Hyman Solomon.
(b) Chad King.
(c) Old Bull Lee.
(d) Galatea.

4. What do Sal, Dean, and Ed Dunkel do when Hyman Solomon does not come through?
(a) Sal pawns his watch.
(b) They steal a car.
(c) They steal money and buy bus tickets.
(d) They steal food and gas from distracted gas station attendants.

5. While Sal is witnessing one of Dean and Carlo's all night sessions, he concludes they are __________________________. (fill in the blank)
(a) Genuine beatniks.
(b) Cool hipsters.
(c) Amazing saints.
(d) Amazing maniacs.

6. Where do Sal and Eddie receive job offers to work in Iowa?
(a) At a sewage treatment plant.
(b) At a diner.
(c) On a farm.
(d) At a carnival.

7. Which reason is NOT a reason why Sal dislikes his job at the army barracks?
(a) He and Remi get free groceries from the commissary.
(b) He would rather drink with the men than reprimand them.
(c) He has to stay awake all night.
(d) He has to make one arrest per month.

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

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. Who does Sal reunite with at the restaurant while having dinner with Lee Ann, Remi, and Remi's stepfather?
(a) Roland Major.
(b) Chad King.
(c) Dean Moriarty.
(d) Ray Rawlins.

11. Who is Galatea?
(a) Dean Moriarty's new girlfriend.
(b) Sal's new girlfriend.
(c) Sal's brother's wife.
(d) Ed Dunkel's new wife.

12. Who does Sal introduce to Dean with whom he forms a strong friendship?
(a) Ed Dunkel.
(b) Chad King.
(c) Carlo Marx.
(d) Remi Boncoeur.

13. Who does Dean move in with after he breaks up with his girlfriend in New York?
(a) Ed Wall.
(b) Sal Paradise.
(c) Carlo Marx.
(d) Old Bull Lee.

14. What does Sal realize about his relationship with Lucille during his return stay in New York City?
(a) It will work because Lucille has a zeal for traveling.
(b) It is what he desires because she can ground him.
(c) It cannot work because she insists on changing him.
(d) It cannot work because she is so irresponsible.

15. Where does Dean want to travel before his divorce with Marylou?
(a) Texas.
(b) Mexico.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) New Orleans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sets Sal up with Rita Bettencourt?

2. After Sal leaves Terry, he rides a bus from Los Angeles to which city?

3. Where does Sal sleep in Cheyenne?

4. Why do Sal and Dean take a quick trip from Virginia to New Jersey?

5. Which of the flat bed truck riders stays with Sal in Cheyenne?

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