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One man in this novel nicknames his dour supervisor "Dostioffski," while his coworker hangs an American flag upside down at a barracks. A man in this novel works as "the most fantastic parking-lot attendant in the world." The syllable (0[1])"-orooni" is added to every word (20[1]0[1])by the singer Slim Gaillard in this novel, whose protagonists watch the pianist George (*) Shearing. (10[3]0[2])A man in this novel (10[3])picks cotton with Terry, (0[1])and works as a night watchman (10[1])with Remi (0[1])Boncoeur, (10[1])who refuses (10[2])to drive (10[1])to a Duke Ellington concert with a friend of (10[1])Carlo Marx. (10[4])While suffering (10[1])from dysentery, (10[2])this novel's protagonist is left in Mexico City by (10[1])Dean Moriarty. (10[6])For 10 (10[1])points, (10[1])the travels of Sal Paradise (10[1])are depicted in what Jack Kerouac novel? (10[2])■END■ (10[9]0[1])

ANSWER: On the Road
<Literature - American Literature - Long Fiction>
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