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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hal Hingham assist Sal and the others in Tucson?
(a) He buys them dinner.
(b) He gives them five dollars.
(c) He lets them spend the night at his house.
(d) He lets them take a shower at his house.

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

3. Where is Camille working in San Francisco?
(a) At a diner.
(b) At a doctor's office.
(c) At a five-and-dime store.
(d) At a vinyard picking grapes.

4. What personal news does Dean share with Sal and Stan in Part 4?
(a) That he is participating in Alcoholics Annonymous.
(b) That he wants a divorce from Camille.
(c) That he wants to move to Tucson.
(d) That he wants to collaborate on a book with them.

5. What are Sal and Dean's travel companions' reactions when they overhear Sal and Dean's discussing their car dream?
(a) They are increasingly bored.
(b) They are increasingly intrigued.
(c) They are increasingly nervous.
(d) They are increasingly irritated.

6. Who rescues Sal from the hotel in San Francisco?
(a) Marylou.
(b) Roland Major.
(c) Dean Moriarty.
(d) Remi Boncoeur.

7. Where does Dean learn his father is?
(a) In prison in Seattle.
(b) On Wall Street in New York.
(c) On skid row in Detroit..
(d) In prison in Santa Fe.

8. What happens to Stan shortly after he, Sal, and Dean depart from Denver?
(a) He changes his mind and wants to return to Denver.
(b) He gets an insect bite.
(c) He gets car sick.
(d) He gets a sunburn

9. What does Sal feel when he passes the fields near Bakersfield in Part 2?
(a) He feels confusion.
(b) He feels pangs of guilt.
(c) He feels nostalgic.
(d) He feels hungry.

10. What does Sal's arrival at Dean and Camille's house signify?
(a) That Dean will become even crazier.
(b) That Dean will be more dutiful.
(c) That Dean will be less conscientious.
(d) That Dean will be more nostalgic.

11. What is the best time of day for Old Bull?
(a) The afternoons.
(b) The mornings.
(c) The evenings.
(d) Late nights.

12. What action does Camille take with Dean and Sal in San Francisco?
(a) She kicks them out of the house.
(b) She calls the police on them.
(c) She refuses to let them in after 1:00 a.m.
(d) She sends them out for groceries.

13. Who are Sal and Dean's passengers on their trip to Chicago in the travel bureau car?
(a) Two farmers.
(b) Two waitresses they pick up at a diner.
(c) Two hitchhikers.
(d) Two Jesuit students.

14. How does Sal feel after Dean confides in Sal about his reaction to their fight?
(a) He feels that Dean is a sissy.
(b) He feels relieved.
(c) He feels manipulated.
(d) He feels guilt-ridden.

15. Whose ranch do Sal and Dean visit in Colorado?
(a) Old Bull Lee.
(b) Montana Slim.
(c) Ed Wall.
(d) Ed Dunkel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Sal decide to travel after his second trip to San Francisco?

2. What happens to Sal in Mexico City?

3. Why is Dean unable to work in San Francisco?

4. What is Sal's and Marylou's plan before they arrive in San Francisco?

5. What happens in a restaurant in Denver when Sal and Dean are en route to New York?

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