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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lee Ann feel about Sal staying with her?
(a) She is excited.
(b) She is apprehensive.
(c) She is displeased.
(d) She is indifferent.

2. What time of year do Sal and Dean reunite after Sal's first trip?
(a) Summer time.
(b) During Easter.
(c) Christmas time.
(d) Thanksgiving time.

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 overslept.
(c) He met a woman.
(d) He is planning on going on the road again with Dean.

4. What job does Remi Boncoeur find for Sal in San Francisco?
(a) A parking lot attendant.
(b) A clerk at a grocery store.
(c) A bartender.
(d) A night watchman at an army barracks.

5. Who writes to Sal about the possibility of hopping an ocean liner in San Francisco?
(a) Remi Boncoeur.
(b) Old Bull Lee.
(c) Dean Moriarty.
(d) Mississippi Gene.

6. What does Dean want his friends to help him with?
(a) Teaching him Spanish.
(b) Finding a job.
(c) Learning to write.
(d) Helping him move.

7. Who is Sal's roommate in Denver?
(a) Roland Major.
(b) Dean Moriarty.
(c) Carlo Marx.
(d) Tim Gray.

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

9. Who is Hyman Solomon?
(a) One of Dean's friends.
(b) One of Bull Lee's friends.
(c) A horse that Bull Lee makes a bet on.
(d) A hobo.

10. Why does the driver who gives Sal a ride from Harrisburg to New York refuse to give Sal any food?
(a) Because Sal is a stranger.
(b) He is mean.
(c) He thinks fasting is important to one's health.
(d) He does not have any money to buy food.

11. Where is Sal Paradise living at the beginning of On the Road?
(a) With his brother in Virginia.
(b) With his aunt in New Jersey.
(c) With Roland Major in Denver.
(d) With Carlo Marx in Denver.

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

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

14. Who is accompanying Dean on his trip to Virginia?
(a) Camille and Carlo Marx.
(b) Ed Dunkel and Carlo Marx.
(c) Marylou and Ed Dunkel.
(d) Marylou and Camille.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sal leave Terry?

2. What does Lee Ann do after Remi loses their money at the horse races?

3. Who do Sal and his friends stay with in New Orleans?

4. Where does Sal travel after his first visit to San Francisco?

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

(see the answer keys)

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