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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through March 30.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is a Sally Lightfoot crab?
(a) It is a particularly agile, small crab which seems to elude every attempt for its capture.
(b) It is a female crab with a very unique tattoo on its shell, shaped like a foot.
(c) It is a female crab which clings to people's feet.
(d) It is a small crab with giant feet, and the name is meant as a private joke among residents of Cabo San Lucas.

3. What examples of marine life does the expedition party collect in Espiritu Santo Island?
(a) Sea cucumbers and brittle-stars.
(b) Porpoises and sea turtles.
(c) Anemone fish and tadpoles.
(d) Starfishes and seahorses.

4. How does Tex see diesel engines?
(a) As expensive vessels not fit for sea travel.
(b) As pure, logical, perfect mechanical entities.
(c) As abhorring inventions.
(d) As toys which can be experimentes on.

5. Which statement best describes the marine life in Puerto Escondido?
(a) The number of specimens are reduced because the tide carries them all out of the island.
(b) The number of specimens are increased due to the wide variety of habitats and niches in the entrance of the bay.
(c) There is no marine life to speak of.
(d) The marine life is greatly preserved by the locals, as shown from many posters seen around town.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the expedition party do on their last night ashore when their boat is ready and loaded?

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

3. What scientific testing does Steinbeck intend to do on the liquor?

4. Why does everyone decide to put Tex on a diet?

5. What does the author describe in the story, particularly at the beginning of the book?

(see the answer key)

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