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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Unnamed section, p. 55.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aside from their daily experiences during the expedition, what other topics are discussed by the author?
(a) Literature, entertainment, laws and environment.
(b) Culinary arts, Hollywood, and botany.
(c) Philosophy, mankind, biology and history.
(d) Politics, religion, physics and war.

2. What happens when Steinbeck and Ricketts photograph the bonito and other fish?
(a) They fight on who should take the pictures.
(b) The camera gets wet.
(c) The pictures don't turn out very well.
(d) The pictures turn out to be very beautiful

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

4. What happens to the porpoises, as observed by Steinbeck and Ricketts?
(a) They do not make good subject for photographs.
(b) The porpoises have changed from the northern species to a grey, slender, long-nosed species.
(c) They do not taste well.
(d) They change colors from when they are alive to when they are dead and preserved.

5. What does the expedition party do on their last night ashore when their boat is ready and loaded?
(a) They take part in the celebration games.
(b) They pray the rosary.
(c) They sleep early in preparation for the journey.
(d) They drink wine all night and play cards.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the greater purpose for which the author wants to use his observations of the activities of the biological creatures?

2. What does the expedition party do after sorting the specimen they have collected?

3. How does Steinbeck describe a scientist's reaction to death of a sea creature?

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

5. What do members of the party feel when they are the one manning the wheel?

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