1. Why does the author write the story?
(a) He wants to write about how traveling at sea can be done on a limited budget.
(b) He wants future travelers to have better information that can help them prepare for a similar expedition.
(c) He wants the world to know his good friend Ed Ricketts.
(d) He wants to be known as a man who liked to travel the seas.

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

3. What do members of the party feel when they are the one manning the wheel?
(a) The team members feel a but sad and melancholic listening to the sea breeze.
(b) The team members feel some pressure when they are manning the wheel, especially when Tony is watching.
(c) The team members feel happy and contented, and would like to remain at sea, when they are manning the wheel.
(d) The team members are excited, causing them to make wrong turns.

4. What do Steinbeck and Ricketts do to Tiny's prey?
(a) They dissect it to learn what they can.
(b) They cut the legs and collect them in a jar filled with water.
(c) They crack its shell and use it as soup bowls.
(d) They cut the meat and make a stew out of it.

5. What is interesting about the bonito and other fish that caught Steinbeck and Ricketts' attention?
(a) They change their colors as the sun shines on them.
(b) They swim in groups of twelve.
(c) They swim opposite the sea current.
(d) Their colors are different from when they are alive to when they are dead and preserved.