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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the best description for Santa Rosalia?
(a) It has eight statues standing on shore, as if guarding the town from enemies.
(b) It looks wonderful at night with all the many lights from the establishments that line up the shore.
(c) It looks all balck and gray from afar, which seems to signify that there is not much happening in the town.
(d) It is a mining town built by a French company, and looks very different from other towns they have seen.

2. Who enjoys the favors of the locals the most in Puerto Refugio?
(a) Tiny and Sparky.
(b) Sparky and Steinbeck.
(c) Tex and Tony.
(d) Steinbeck and Ricketts.

3. What does the expedition party hear about Mulege which make it an undesirable destination?
(a) That there are many poisonous fish in the water.
(b) That snakes litter the area.
(c) That visitors are clubbed by unfriendly locals.
(d) That the place has unfair port fees and malaria.

4. Which statement best describes the expedition team's reaction on the topic of going home?
(a) Tex and Tony want to stay while the rest want to go home.
(b) Only Tex and Tony are looking forward to going home, the rest want to stay.
(c) John Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts want to stay to complete their expedition mission.
(d) The team wants to take several children from Guaymas with them.

5. Why can't the expedition party stay longer in Guaymas and in the sea?
(a) Because they are having a debate on who should act as captain of the ship.
(b) Because they have no more dollars to pay the children.
(c) Because there is not enough room to accommodate the whole expedition party.
(d) Because the duration of the charter is fixed.

6. What remark does Steinbeck makes about cannibalism?
(a) That cannibalism is overrated, and he has in fact once tried eating another human being.
(b) That if they stay at sea for another four weeks they might end up eating each other.
(c) That in some cultures, cannibalism is accepted and therefore they should consider doing it as well.
(d) That if other societal restrictions were removed, man might easily overcome any objection towards cannibalism.

7. What feeling does Steinbeck get from Estero de la Luna?
(a) At home and do not want to leave.
(b) At one with nature.
(c) That it is full of ghosts.
(d) That it is not a friendly place.

8. Which statement best describes Guaymas?
(a) It is an industrial complex where workers are formerly fishermen.
(b) It is a large city that is bustling wih news of the war, politics and others.
(c) It is a small city populated by mistly fishermen, rest are construction workers.
(d) It is a suburban city that hasn't heard the privilege of having telephone lines.

9. What does the expedition party do in the morning of March 30?
(a) The party refuels and buys supplies.
(b) The party begins collecting because the tide is out.
(c) The party cleans all the kitchen dirt left the night before.
(d) The party begins preparing for their journey back home.

10. Which statement best describes Concepcion Bay, the expedition's next destination?
(a) There are so many jellyfish and sea anemone clearly seen from the deck of the boat.
(b) There is not marine life in the bay, and so the crew left hastily.
(c) Schools of tuna amd swordfish can be found in the bay and leap all around them.
(d) Too many rocks can be found near the shore, which signals the unwillingness of the town to accept visitors.

11. From his philosophical discussions, what does Steinbeck suddenly suggest?
(a) That they all try to write their ideas in the log so as to continue discussing it when back at home.
(b) That they divide the specimen they have collected and return them all to sea.
(c) That they find the next town and sell all the specimen they have collected.
(d) That they sail all day down an uncharted coastline toward their last planned stop, and anchor offshore as night falls.

12. Where is Puerto Refugio located?
(a) Along the northern part of San Diego Bay.
(b) Near the Sea of Cortez, just south of the island.
(c) On the east coast of Magdalena Bay.
(d) Along the east coast of Guardian Angel Island.

13. How does the expedition party scare the shark that was circling their their boat?
(a) They scare it by playing loud music.
(b) They scare it by throwing some soiled shirts to the sea.
(c) They scare it with a pistol shot.
(d) They scare it by throwing sticks at it.

14. What are the freshwater species that are eaten locally, and collected by the expedition party on March 30?
(a) Snails and scallops.
(b) Shrimps and catfish.
(c) Milkfish and eel.
(d) Crabs and clams.

15. Why does the crew forego stopping at Santa Rosalia?
(a) Santa Rosalia asks for very steep visitors' taxes.
(b) They are already pressed for time.
(c) There is not much to see in Santa Rosalia.
(d) There are several unfriendly locals in Santa Rosalia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can be found in Laredo that is of particular interest to the expedition party?

2. What is the expedition party's last collecting stop?

3. What does the expedition party use instead of the tide chart to watch the rise and fall of the tides?

4. How is the team's photography effort described in general?

5. How does Steinbeck see the history of the human race?

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