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

3. What is a Sally Lightfoot crab?
(a) It is a small crab with giant feet, and the name is meant as a private joke among residents of Cabo San Lucas.
(b) It is a female crab which clings to people's feet.
(c) It is a female crab with a very unique tattoo on its shell, shaped like a foot.
(d) It is a particularly agile, small crab which seems to elude every attempt for its capture.

4. 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 are excited, causing them to make wrong turns.
(d) The team members feel happy and contented, and would like to remain at sea, when they are manning the wheel.

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

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

7. What explanation does the expedition party give to the Mexicans they meet on Espiritu Santo Island?
(a) They are looking at useless animals out of general scientific interest.
(b) They are attracted to the culture of the place and want to stay there for good.
(c) They are collecting curios which will fetch a good price back at home.
(d) They are just passing along, and their destination is Southeast Asia.

8. What does the expedition party find on their destination on March 23?
(a) It requires a visitor's tax and they do not have enough money to pay the tax.
(b) It has abundant life form and they need more tha a month to fully collect all the interesting specimen present.
(c) It was full of other visitors, tourists who have heard about the place, and they cannot do any collection activity.
(d) It has little life form and there is not much of interest to collect.

9. What comparison does Steinbeck often refer to?
(a) Fruits and men and their relationship.
(b) Moon and men and their relationship.
(c) Tides and men and their relationship.
(d) Marine organisms and men and their relationship

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

11. What does Tiny collect in La Paz?
(a) Spices and herbs that are reputed to be aphrodisiac.
(b) Dirty dishes from the various eating places they have visited.
(c) Rare, poisonous fish only seen in La Paz.
(d) Unremarkable species that are representative of the more common species in the area.

12. What does the expedition party do after sorting the specimen they have collected?
(a) They pack all the specimen in ice bags and send it back to the US.
(b) They go ashore and visit a local cantina in the town of San Lucas.
(c) They sell the specimen to the locals in San Lucas.
(d) They buy jewelry for their girlfriends and wives back at home.

13. What does the author describe in the story, particularly at the beginning of the book?
(a) The difficulties associated with in planning and preparing for an expedition, as well as the difficulty of finding a good vessel and captain.
(b) The major characters of the story, their educational backgrounds, and their family tree.
(c) He describes Mexico in great detail, including the politics and legislations of the land.
(d) The famous sea expeditions in the past, and how long each expedition lasted.

14. What does the expedition party observe about the town of San Lucas?
(a) That the town has recently suffered a great flood and the town is in disrepair.
(b) That the town drives on the left side of the road.
(c) That the town is very much alive and everyone is heading to the ocean.
(d) That the town has several interesting landmarks.

15. What happens to the outboard motor on Black Saturday, March 23?
(a) It chug-chugs noisily before breaking apart.
(b) It was stuck by some piece of shirt and can no longer be used.
(c) It falls apart and refused to run again.
(d) It does not help them approach the island.