Part 1 Chapters 1 & 2
Part 1, Chapters 3, 4, 5
Part 1 Chapters 6-12
Part 2
Part 3 up to Chapter 5
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What is happening in Sal Paradise's life before he meets Dean Moriarty?
He has recently divorced, is recovering from illness, and is depressed. He is living with his aunt and attending school.
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Where do Sal and Eddie recieve job offers to work in Iowa?
At a Carnival
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What does Sal learn when he meets up with Chad King in Denver?
He and Carlo Marx and Dean Moriarty are no longer friends.
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Where does Sal see Dean after his first trip on the Road?
At Sal's brother's house in Virginia
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What does Sal do when he returns to Denver in the spring of 1949
He works as a laborer
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Where was Dean Moriarty living before he was first introduced to Sal Paradise in New York?
A reformatory in Mexico
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In which city does Sal end the "ride of his life?"
Cheyenne
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Why doesn't Sal show up for the first day of his job in Denver?
He would rather live off his friend (Roland's) generosity.
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Who did Dean, Marylou, and Ed Dunkel leave Tuscon and why?
Galatea, she was complaining too much
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How is Sal able to travel from Denver to San Francisco in the spring of 1949?
A rich woman gives him $100
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Who is the woman traveling with Dean Moriarty when Sal first meets him?
Marylou
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Where does Sal sleep in Cheyenne?
At a bus station
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What does Dean inform his friends about at a party where Carlo is reading poetry?
He is getting a divorce from Marylou
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What does Lucille think about Sal's friends?
She does not like them and their negative influence on Sal.
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Why is Dean unable to work in San Francisco?
He injured his hand
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Who writes to Sal about the possibility of hopping an ocean liner in San Francisco?
Remi Boncoeur
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Who does Sal see that makes him feel that he is closer to Denver?
Western people
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What job does Remi Boncoeur find for Sal in San Francisco?
A night watchman at an army barracks
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How does Sal get the money to leave San Francisco for the second time?
Sal's aunt send him a GI check.
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What does Sal feel when he passes the fields near Bakersfield in Part 2?
He feels pangs of guilt
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Who thinks Sal should not travel West?
His Aunt
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Which of the flat bed truck riders stays with Sal in Cheyenne?
Montana Slim
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What Mexican woman does Sal meet on the bus to Los Angeles?
Teresa
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What does Sal do to put a rift in his friendship with Dean and Camille?
He does not share ant of the sandwhiches he made for the trip
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What does Dean do when he, Sal, and Marylow arrive in San Franscisco?
He abondons them without any money to see Camille