1. What is unique about the expedition described in the story?
(a) The travelers here prefer safety and getting the job done to encounters of a more colorful and dangerous nature.
(b) There is a priest on board who discusses philosophy and spirituality.
(c) There is nothing unique about the expedition.
(d) There is a four-string quartet on deck that provides music at night, for entertainment.

2. What is the concept explored by the author in the section that pertains to boats and men?
(a) The personification of a boat by a man and the identification of men with their boats.
(b) The way men treat their boats like they treat their wives.
(c) The way men choose their boats, their colors, and the length.
(d) How men become unreasonable when it comes to their boats.

3. What is Tony's requirement to the group?
(a) He requires that no one will talk while at sea.
(b) He requires that they wash heir hands prior to taking the wheel.
(c) He requires that they say a seaman's prayer before taking the wheel.
(d) He requires that the course be maintained as perfectly as possible.

4. Where is the expedition party heading?
(a) They arre heading west to their destination.
(b) They are heading south to their destination.
(c) They arre heading north to their destination.
(d) They arre heading east to their destination.

5. What are the two types of biologists, as discussed by John Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts?
(a) Those who work at night and those who work during the day.
(b) Those who have their own laboratory and those who rent a space for their laboratory works.
(c) Those who teach in the university and those who work for corporations.
(d) Those who study dead, preserved animals and those who study life in all its complexity.