A. Reading comprehension

Read our article about Jack Kerouac on pages 8-9 of English Now No 92. Then match the terms on the left with their descriptions on the right.

1. Lowell, Massachusetts				a. a book in which Jack wrote about helping to dispose of a body
2. Gerard Kerouac				b. a group of authors who started a literary movement
3. VANITY OF DULUOZ				c. the number of days Jack spent writing the final version of ON THE ROAD
4. six				d. the year that ON THE ROAD was published
5. New York City				e. the place where Jack lived after university
6. Edie Parker				f. the place where Jack died
7. the Beat Generation				g. the cause of Jack’s death
8. THE SEA IS MY BROTHER				h. Jack’s age when he started learning English
9. Joan Haverty				i. a film about Jack
10. 20				j. a book that Jack published in 1962
11. 1957				k. the name of Jack’s second wife
12. internal bleeding				l. Jack’s older brother, who died at age nine
13. St Petersburg, Florida				m. the name of Jack’s first wife
14. BIG SUR				n. the name of Jack’s first novel
15. ONE FAST MOVE OR I'M GONE – KEROUAC'S BIG SUR				o. the place where Jack was born