1. What is the duration covered by the story?
(a) March 20 to April 11, 1940.
(b) April 20, 1940 to March 11, 1941.
(c) April 11 to May 20, 1940.
(d) March 11 to April 20, 1940.

2. How are Tiny and Sparky presented?
(a) Tiny and Sparky are presented as two individuals who have no similarities or connection to each other.
(b) Tiny and Sparky are presented as similar to husband and wives, always looking after each other, and attending to each other's needs.
(c) Tiny and Sparky are presented as mortal enemies, always fighting each other and having opposing views.
(d) Tiny and Sparky are presented almost as two halves of one person, seeming to always do the same things at the same time.

3. What does the log entry of March 12 say?
(a) It describes the fight between John Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts.
(b) It describes the festivities that happened in Cortez, Mexico and how the expedition party won several prizes.
(c) It describes the progress of the Western Flyer, and the team's actions during the travel.
(d) It describes the boat race between the Western Flyer and another vessel.

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

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