1. What important part of history is happening at the time of the expedition?
(a) The Formula One Grand Prix.
(b) The Summer Olympics.
(c) World War II.
(d) World War I.

2. What does the expedition party encounter as they sail along the coast of Guardian Angel Island?
(a) Schools of jellyfishes that cannot be easily netted or preserved.
(b) Another boat that is returning to land.
(c) A school of small fish which they catch and cook for dinner.
(d) A group of sea turtles swimming against the tide.

3. What is the most important gift that the Sea of Cortez gives the expedition party, according to Steinbeck?
(a) Three huge, beautiful pearls they have found on the shore.
(b) The new language that they have learned to speak, as used in Guaymas.
(c) The ability to predict the tides, which will come handy for sea travellers like them.
(d) A way of seeing life, time and beauty that is different from those they have previously experienced.

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

5. What difficulty does the expedition party encounter when they were collecting specimen in Cabo San Lucas?
(a) The local policemen require that each should have driver's license, which Steinbeck and Ricketts do not have.
(b) The locals do not want them to go ashore which make collecting specimen an impossibility.
(c) The local officials do not want them to take anything away, and suggest instead that they study the specimen while they are ashore.
(d) Collecting specimens is difficult due to the unique characteristics of the species such as the posionous spines of the worms which was hazardous to the activity.