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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 is Sal and Dean's dream about while driving in a car?
(a) That the car is a time machine.
(b) That they drive up a ramp and become airborne.
(c) That they can escape their problems if they drive fast enough.
(d) That they take a giant scythe and chop down trees and mountains.

2. How does Sal justify Dean's behavior to Old Bull Lee?
(a) That Dean is only that way when drunk or on drugs.
(b) That Dean had a rough childhood.
(c) That Dean has a zest for life and is living fully.
(d) That Old Bull Lee is too snobby.

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

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

5. Who is Sam Brady?
(a) Sal's friend.
(b) Dean's cousin.
(c) A hitchhiker.
(d) A bar owner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Sal and Dean clean up in Chicago?

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

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

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

5. What do Sal and Dean discuss while traveling from Sacramento to Denver?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Sal and Dean have their first argument at a restaurant in Denver. What is the argument about?

3. What does Dean do when he, Sal, and Marylou arrive in San Francisco?

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

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

6. What happens to Stan on the way to Mexico?

7. How do Sal, Dean, and Marylou get money so they can make it from Arizona to California?

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

9. What happens between Sal and Marylou in San Francisco?

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

(see the answer keys)

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