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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Marylou admit to Sal after they arrive in San Francisco?
(a) That he is really wearing on her after the long trip.
(b) She only used him to make Dean jealous.
(c) That she really admires him.
(d) She has a crush on him.

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

4. What are Sal and Dean's travel companions' reactions when it is Dean's turn to take the wheel of the vehicle?
(a) They are annoyed.
(b) They are enthusiastic.
(c) They are bored.
(d) They are terrified.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sal pack for his departure from San Francisco?

2. Where is Camille working in San Francisco?

3. What plans do Sal and Stan make during Sal's last trip to Denver?

4. Where do Dean and Sal stay in Detroit?

5. Who does Sal meet in Denver on his third trip West?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sal do to put a damper on the friendship with Dean and Camille?

2. What place do Dean and Sal plan to travel to where they have never been before?

3. What does Camille do to Dean and Sal in the spring of 1949?

4. What happens when Sal and Dean return the travel bureau car in Chicago?

5. What is the dream that both Sal and Dean have about driving?

6. Where do Sal, Dean, and Stan Shepherd travel in Part 4 of On the Road?

7. Whose ranch do Sal, Dean, and the two passengers visit in Colorado?

8. Why are the car owner and the couple all too happy to drop Sal and Dean off in Denver?

9. How does a wealthy woman assist Sal in Denver?

10. What is happening in Dean and Camille's lives when Sal visits them in San Francisco in the spring of 1949?

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