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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through April 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Mexican officials do with the expedition party?
(a) They arrive for a welcoming ceremony including coffee, smoking and a bit of paperwork.
(b) They arrive to discuss with Steinbeck the possibility of making a book about Cabo San Lucas.
(c) They arrive to talk to Steinbeck and Ricketts another expedition to be done within the year.
(d) They arrive to inspect the expedition party's baggages including the marine life they have caught.

2. Where is Cabo San Lucas?
(a) It is at the southern tip of Magdalena Bay.
(b) It is at the southern tip of the Baja Peninsula.
(c) It is at the southern tip of San Diego Bay.
(d) It is at the northern tip of San Diego Bay.

3. How does the author describe the Mexicans and Americans that they meet in Angeles Bay?
(a) They claim to be friends of Tiny and Sparky and insisted on joining them.
(b) They claim to be fishing but seem overly interested in what the expedition is doing and when they are leaving.
(c) They all wear straw hats and Hawaiian shirts.
(d) They are easily identifiable from the tattoo that they have on their arm.

4. When the sea is very smooth, what does the crew do to take advantage of the calm seas?
(a) They label and sort their collection.
(b) They play a game of hockey.
(c) They cook omelette which is very hard to cook perfectly on a rough sea,
(d) They iron their clothes.

5. What can be seen in Cabo San Lucas?
(a) A monastery with several nuns planting corn.
(b) An amusement park with rides and games, children and adults alike enjoy the park.
(c) A cannery along with a few houses on shore, and a rocky ridge that extends from the muntain into the ocean.
(d) A school for teenagers who want to be marines and navy in the future.

Short Answer Questions

1. After facing difficulties collecting specimens, what do Steinbeck and Ricketts do instead on Easter Sunday ?

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

3. What does the author tell us about the camera that they brought in the expedition?

4. On Easter Sunday, despite facing difficulties collecting specimens, Steinbeck and Ricketts are able to catch a significant marine life - what is it?

5. What is a Sally Lightfoot crab?

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