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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can be seen in Cabo San Lucas?
(a) An amusement park with rides and games, children and adults alike enjoy the park.
(b) A school for teenagers who want to be marines and navy in the future.
(c) A monastery with several nuns planting corn.
(d) A cannery along with a few houses on shore, and a rocky ridge that extends from the muntain into the ocean.

2. Where is Cabo San Lucas?
(a) It is at the southern tip of the Baja Peninsula.
(b) It is at the southern tip of San Diego Bay.
(c) It is at the northern tip of San Diego Bay.
(d) It is at the southern tip of Magdalena Bay.

3. How does the author describe the Mexicans and Americans that they meet in Angeles Bay?
(a) They claim to be friends of Tiny and Sparky and insisted on joining them.
(b) They claim to be fishing but seem overly interested in what the expedition is doing and when they are leaving.
(c) They are easily identifiable from the tattoo that they have on their arm.
(d) They all wear straw hats and Hawaiian shirts.

4. What do the Mexican officials do with the expedition party?
(a) They arrive to inspect the expedition party's baggages including the marine life they have caught.
(b) They arrive to talk to Steinbeck and Ricketts another expedition to be done within the year.
(c) They arrive to discuss with Steinbeck the possibility of making a book about Cabo San Lucas.
(d) They arrive for a welcoming ceremony including coffee, smoking and a bit of paperwork.

5. What is the best description for Angeles Bay?
(a) It is the last place where expedition party members can grab a few drinks before getting back to the boat.
(b) It is the last collecting stop of the expedition on the west side of the Gulf.
(c) It is a trading town where goods can be exchanged, sold and bought.
(d) It is where several expedition parties meet up and exchange information.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the crew call the invertebrates that Steinbeck and Ricketts catch?

3. What does the party find in Angeles Bay?

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 feeling does the expedition party have as they leave Angeles Bay?

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