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

2. What does Steinbeck lament about that is in connection with persistence of beliefs and actual happenings?
(a) That actual happenings are actually the basis of many persistent beliefs.
(b) That persistence of beliefs can actually lead to actual happenings.
(c) That a good hypothesis can blind a person to alternative theories and even to actual data that could disprove it.
(d) That actual happenings are always distorted to give way to more controversial beliefs.

3. What is interesting about the bonito and other fish that caught Steinbeck and Ricketts' attention?
(a) Their colors are different from when they are alive to when they are dead and preserved.
(b) They change their colors as the sun shines on them.
(c) They swim in groups of twelve.
(d) They swim opposite the sea current.

4. Steinbeck worries about the soldiers' reaction to what during their travel?
(a) Because of the war, he is worried that the soldiers might not understand the nature of their equipment and the purpose of their travels.
(b) He is worried that the soldiers might ask to hide in the vessel.
(c) He is worried that the soldiers might want to join them which will result to problems in food and water.
(d) He is worried that the soldiers might ask them to give up their supplies for the war.

5. What happens to the porpoises, as observed by Steinbeck and Ricketts?
(a) The porpoises have changed from the northern species to a grey, slender, long-nosed species.
(b) They do not make good subject for photographs.
(c) They do not taste well.
(d) They change colors from when they are alive to when they are dead and preserved.