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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where does Henri the Painter live in his imagination?
(a) Berlin
(b) Australia
(c) Paris
(d) Maui
2. What change do the people of Monterey feel?
(a) The economy is not good right now.
(b) The fashions are too severe.
(c) The weather is too cold for this time of year.
(d) Everything is thriving again.
3. Which of the boys have taken jobs at the Hediondo Cannery?
(a) Mack and Jones
(b) Hughie and Hazel
(c) Hughie and Eddie
(d) Hughie and Jones
4. What is the mood at the Palace when Mack returns from the lab?
(a) Ecstatic
(b) Calm
(c) Hopeful
(d) Gloomy
5. What is Mack's method of catching the frogs?
(a) He outwaits the frogs and catches them when they jump.
(b) He waits until daylight when the frogs are easier to see.
(c) He and the boys wade into the water shouting.
(d) He uses big nets in the water.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where do Mack and the boys now buy their groceries instead of going to Lee's?
2. What do each of the boys carry to the frog hunt?
3. Why does the captain think the pups are a nuisance?
4. What does the captain offer Mack?
5. Why do Henri's girlfriends eventually leave him?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Mary Talbot.
2. How does Steinbeck show that Doc is one with nature?
3. What does Steinbeck mean by "the hour of the pearl" in Chapter 14?
4. Why can Doc not get anyone to accompany him on specimen collecting trip to La Jolla?
5. How does Mack know that the captain's wife would disapprove of Mack and the boys?
6. Describe Steinbeck's use of humor in the frog-catching scene.
7. How do Mack and the boys react to ruining Doc's party?
8. What is the significance of the flagpole sitter at Holman's Department Store?
9. What does Steinbeck believe about truth which is explained by Doc's walking trip during college?
10. What is the symbolism of the music in Doc's head when he finds the body of the beautiful dead woman in the water?
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