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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Steinbeck, _____________ is the greater part of recognition.
(a) context
(b) likeability
(c) news coverage
(d) a handsome face

2. What is wrong with Steinbeck's travel to these cities?
(a) It is getting more and more expensive to make the trips.
(b) It is not the great expanse of the entire United States.
(c) It takes too much time out of his schedule.
(d) It is a boring routine.

3. What does Steinbeck call this state of journeying?
(a) Exciting
(b) Adventurous
(c) Freeing
(d) Bumdom

4. Where was Charley trained?
(a) New York
(b) New Orleans
(c) France
(d) Atlanta

5. What is Steinbeck's purpose for taking the trip?
(a) Find old college buddies
(b) Get out of town for awhile
(c) Revisit the country he once knew
(d) Visit national monuments

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Steinbeck at the time that he starts on his journey?

2. What does Steinbeck consider himself to be?

3. What do Steinbeck's friends warn him about regarding this trip?

4. How is Steinbeck able to travel unnoticed?

5. What is the genre of this book?

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