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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through April 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aside from their daily experiences during the expedition, what other topics are discussed by the author?
(a) Philosophy, mankind, biology and history.
(b) Literature, entertainment, laws and environment.
(c) Politics, religion, physics and war.
(d) Culinary arts, Hollywood, and botany.

2. What is the most important gift that the Sea of Cortez gives the expedition party, according to Steinbeck?
(a) A way of seeing life, time and beauty that is different from those they have previously experienced.
(b) Three huge, beautiful pearls they have found on the shore.
(c) The ability to predict the tides, which will come handy for sea travellers like them.
(d) The new language that they have learned to speak, as used in Guaymas.

3. What does the expedition party do differently on the morning of March 28?
(a) They have tea instead of coffee for breakfast.
(b) They have breakfast in bed.
(c) They have omelettes, which they haven't had in days.
(d) They have a late morning, waking up at nine am.

4. What do Steinbeck and Ricketts buy that was eventually taken by US customs?
(a) A local liquor that is reputed to increase alertness when at sea.
(b) A local liquor that is reputed to be an aphrodisiac.
(c) A local liquor that is reputed to enable men to survive without water for more than a week.
(d) A local liquor that is reputed to substitute for fuel.

5. What does the expedition party catch in Concepcion Bay?
(a) Tuna.
(b) Jellyfish.
(c) Sea anemone.
(d) Swordfish.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author describe the call of the doves?

2. Why does the crew prefer to catch and eat any other fish than the porpoises?

3. What does Tiny do when they reach Magdalena Bay?

4. Which statement best describes Concepcion Bay, the expedition's next destination?

5. What do the coastal Indians whom Steinbeck and Ricketts met in Puerto Escondido do?

(see the answer key)

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