1. What is the greater purpose for which the author wants to use his observations of the activities of the biological creatures?
(a) To improve the way people look at biological creatures.
(b) To increase the public's awareness on marine life in Mexico.
(c) To understand and improve the human species.
(d) To improve the laws and regulations regarding sea expeditions.

2. What is the concept explored by the author in the section that pertains to boats and men?
(a) The way men treat their boats like they treat their wives.
(b) The personification of a boat by a man and the identification of men with their boats.
(c) How men become unreasonable when it comes to their boats.
(d) The way men choose their boats, their colors, and the length.

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

4. Who is the captain of the ship for the expedition?
(a) Ed Ricketts.
(b) Tony Berry.
(c) John Steinbeck.
(d) A World War I veteran.

5. What is Tony's requirement to the group?
(a) He requires that the course be maintained as perfectly as possible.
(b) He requires that no one will talk while at sea.
(c) He requires that they say a seaman's prayer before taking the wheel.
(d) He requires that they wash heir hands prior to taking the wheel.