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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Marylou's new boyfriend in San Francisco?

2. What action does Camille take with Dean and Sal in San Francisco?

3. Who do Sal and Dean travel with on their 1949 trip to Denver?

4. How does Sal get the money to leave San Francisco for the second time?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What arrives in San Francisco that allows Sal to return to New York?

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

7. Who do Sal and Dean ride with in a travel bureau car from San Francisco to Denver?

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

9. Who does Dean meet at a party in New York?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sal and Dean mention finding "IT" throughout the novel

a. How do Sal and Dean define "IT"?

b. Do they ever find "IT"?

c. Do you think that "IT" has religious or spiritual undertones? Why or why not?

Cite specific examples from the book to support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Friends play a significant role in Sal Paradise's life.

a. As a result of a rift among his friends, Sal is torn between the more established and secure types, like Chad King, and the more frenzied Dean Moriarty and Carlo Marx. How does being torn between friends represent Sal's inner conflicts between being established or rebellious?

b. How do relationships with friends function in Beat culture?

Essay Topic 3

a. Why is being on the road so important to the Beat Movement?

b. What transformations or epiphanies do the following characters have, if any, after being "on the road"? Cite specific examples from the book.

- Sal Paradise

- Dean Moriarty

- Ed Dunkel

- Stan Shepherd

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