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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through March 27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the outboard motor on Black Saturday, March 23?
(a) It does not help them approach the island.
(b) It chug-chugs noisily before breaking apart.
(c) It falls apart and refused to run again.
(d) It was stuck by some piece of shirt and can no longer be used.

2. What does Steinbeck say about the authors of the descriptions written about Cabo San Lucas?
(a) Each description reflects the educational background of the author.
(b) Each description reflects the world view and personality of the author.
(c) Each description is just a copycat of the earlier description published about the place.
(d) Each description shows the biases of the author, depending on whether or not they liked their visit to the place.

3. Steinbeck worries about the soldiers' reaction to what during their travel?
(a) Because of the war, he is worried that the soldiers might not understand the nature of their equipment and the purpose of their travels.
(b) He is worried that the soldiers might want to join them which will result to problems in food and water.
(c) He is worried that the soldiers might ask to hide in the vessel.
(d) He is worried that the soldiers might ask them to give up their supplies for the war.

4. What does Steinbeck notice about the sense of time of the local people of Cabo San Lucas?
(a) They seem to all walk faster, indicating that they have a faster sense of time.
(b) There is nothing different about their sense of time and that of the indigents'.
(c) It seems so different from their own.
(d) It is reversed, sleeping during the day and working during the night.

5. What type of biologist is preferred by John Steinbeck?
(a) The type who study dead, preserved animals.
(b) The type who teaches in the university.
(c) The type who studies life in all its complexities.
(d) The type who work for the big corporations.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is taking place on the day before the expedition party leaves for its journey?

2. What does Steinbeck lament about that is in connection with persistence of beliefs and actual happenings?

3. What are the two types of biologists, as discussed by John Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts?

4. What does Steinbeck think about the various descriptions they have read of Cabo San Lucas?

5. What happens to the porpoises, as observed by Steinbeck and Ricketts?

(see the answer key)

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