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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through April 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a Sally Lightfoot crab?
(a) It is a female crab with a very unique tattoo on its shell, shaped like a foot.
(b) It is a female crab which clings to people's feet.
(c) It is a small crab with giant feet, and the name is meant as a private joke among residents of Cabo San Lucas.
(d) It is a particularly agile, small crab which seems to elude every attempt for its capture.

2. What feeling does the expedition party have as they leave Angeles Bay?
(a) The team members feel as if they belong in Angeles Bay and do not like to leave.
(b) Everybody on the team feels that they are interfering with some illicit activity.
(c) The team members feel like their stay in Angeles Bay was cut short because of the presence of the Americans and Mexicans.
(d) Everyone in the team feels that they have finally found the best place to conduct scientific experiments in Angeles Bay.

3. Why is the crew unable to collect many specimens on the day following Easter Sunday?
(a) Because the tide does not go very low, making it difficult to collect species in general.
(b) Because the locals will not allow them to take anything from their ocean.
(c) Because the local police arrest Tex for not wearing a t-shirt all the time.
(d) Because Steinbeck and Ricketts get into a fight, making it too awkward to do any collection.

4. How is the team's photography effort described in general?
(a) There is nothing mentioned about the team's photography efforts.
(b) It is so poor that it is used as an example of what shouldn't be done with a camera.
(c) It is neither remarkably good or remarkably bad.
(d) It is so remarkable that it is cited as an example of what expeditions should follow during voyages.

5. What does the party find in Angeles Bay?
(a) There seems to be an unknown settlement with a very odd sense of something strange going on.
(b) They find another expedition party heading to the same destination like them.
(c) They find that there are a dozen men who want to be part of their team.
(d) They find that it was closed to tourists and voyagers and they had to return to sea immediately.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Mexican officials do with the expedition party?

2. Where does the expedition party sail next on Easter Sunday?

3. When the sea is very smooth, what does the crew do to take advantage of the calm seas?

4. On Easter Sunday, despite facing difficulties collecting specimens, Steinbeck and Ricketts are able to catch a significant marine life - what is it?

5. What does the author tell us about the camera that they brought in the expedition?

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