On the Road Study Guide

1. How many journeys does Sal take across the country?

• six
• five
• four
• three

2. In real life, Sal Paradise represents:

• Allen Ginsburg
• William Burroughs
• Jack Kerouac
• Neil Cassady

3. Dean's first wife is:

• Galatea
• Camille
• Inez
• Marylou

4. Sal meets a hitchhiker named Eddie who reminds Sal of whom?

• Slim Gaillard
• Remi Boncoeur
• his family
• Dean

5. Sal and Dean's favorite music is:

• classical
• rock
• jazz
• boogy-woogy

6. What is a Hudson?

• a type of drug
• a train
• a car
• a dance move

7. What is the town that Sal's relatives live in and where Dean picks him up to go to San Francisco?

• Mobile
• Dunkel
• Testament
• New York

8. What is the name of the girl Sal thinks about marrying before leaving her to go with Dean to California?

• Camille
• Rita
• Inez
• Lucille

9. On their fourth journey, where do Sal and Dean go?

• Mexico
• San Francisco
• Chicago
• Seattle

10. Which President's inauguration do Sal and Dean see?

• John F. Kennedy
• Franklin Roosevelt
• Dwight Eisenhower
• Harry Truman