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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through March 27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tex find out about the skiff's outboard motor?
(a) It is already falling apart and as such can no longer be used.
(b) It runs perfectly when placed in water on board, but not in the actual ocean.
(c) It runs perfectly when sprinkled with salt first prior to starting.
(d) It runs perfectly when there is no one aboard the ship.

2. On March 18, where does the expedition party end up going when a wind rises before they were able to anchor?
(a) San Diego Bay.
(b) Pescadero Point.
(c) Magdalena Bay.
(d) Marina Bay.

3. What type of biologist is preferred by John Steinbeck?
(a) The type who study dead, preserved animals.
(b) The type who work for the big corporations.
(c) The type who studies life in all its complexities.
(d) The type who teaches in the university.

4. What are dry-balls?
(a) They are the dried cotton balls brought to sea as part of the medicine kit.
(b) They are the dried coconut husks used by the local children to play ball.
(c) They are the medicines given to the expedition party by the locals.
(d) They are the biologists who study dead, preserved animals.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Steinbeck describe a scientist's reaction to death of a sea creature?

2. What is interesting about the bonito and other fish that caught Steinbeck and Ricketts' attention?

3. What does Steinbeck say about the authors of the descriptions written about Cabo San Lucas?

4. Steinbeck worries about the soldiers' reaction to what during their travel?

5. What does the expedition party find on their destination on March 23?

(see the answer key)

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