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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. Where do Dean and Sal stay in Detroit?
(a) Skid row.
(b) At a YMCA.
(c) With a friend.
(d) At a posh hotel.

2. How does Dean greet Sal when he arrives at his door step in 1949?
(a) He answers the door naked.
(b) He gives Sal a big hug.
(c) He slams the door in Sal's face.
(d) He is inebriated.

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

4. Where do Sal and Marylou stay in San Francisco?
(a) With one of Marylou's friends.
(b) At a bus station.
(c) At a hotel.
(d) With Remi Boncouer.

5. What is the first place Sal visits on his return trip to San Francisco in the spring of 1949?
(a) The Golden Gate Bridge.
(b) The army barracks.
(c) Dean and Camille's home.
(d) Remi Boncoeur's home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the things Sal and Dean discuss before Dean departs West to see Camille and his children?

2. What is Dean's reaction to his passengers being terrified of his driving on his trip from Denver to Chicago?

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

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

5. Who does Dean seek out in Denver?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to Sal in Mexico City?

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

4. What happens when Dean returns to see Sal at the hotel?

5. What decision did the other passengers override Sal and Dean on in Sacramento?

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

7. Why does Dean want to take the trip with Sal and Stan?

8. Who are the other passengers in the travel bureau car that belongs to a wealthy man in Chicago?

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

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

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