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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Steinbeck plan to set off on his journey?
(a) The day after Christmas
(b) The day after New Year's
(c) The day after Labor Day
(d) The day after the Fourth of July

2. Steinbeck writes, "We find after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; _______________________
(a) we enter into a new dimension."
(b) we take a journey."
(c) we define destinies."
(d) a trip takes us."

3. What has come over the country since Steinbeck's last trip?
(a) Many changes
(b) Wealth and prosperity
(c) Overwhelming sadness
(d) A sense of pride

4. What does Steinbeck not like about hunting?
(a) Cleaning your gun
(b) It gets too cold
(c) The taste of wild game
(d) The clothes you have to wear

5. What material is everything in the attached diner made of, including the waitress' apron?
(a) wood
(b) plastic
(c) polyester
(d) aluminum

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Steinbeck hope to accomplish on the trip?

2. What is the genre of this book?

3. Who are the only ones who will understand the inability to control a trip?

4. How is Steinbeck able to travel unnoticed?

5. Where does Steinbeck plan to stay the next night?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Steinbeck's musings on junk?

2. What urge has Steinbeck felt all his life?

3. What does Steinbeck discover about the French Canadians in northern Maine?

4. Describe Deer Isle.

5. What happens to disrupt the launch of Steinbeck's trip?

6. How does Steinbeck communicate in the book?

7. Describe Charley.

8. What have older people always told Steinbeck?

9. Explain how Steinbeck interjects humor into the book.

10. Why does Steinbeck decide not to take a human traveling companion?

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