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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when the eye of the storm passes?
(a) The sun suddenly appears.
(b) Everything gets very quiet.
(c) It gets as dark as night outside.
(d) The wind whips up from the opposite direction.

2. Who wants to accompany Steinbeck on the trip?
(a) Mrs. Steinbeck
(b) A neighbor boy
(c) Steinbeck's lawyer
(d) Steinbeck's son

3. What does Steinbeck expect to experience on the road?
(a) Elation
(b) Boredom
(c) Desolation
(d) Spirituality

4. Why does Steinbeck not take another person on the trip?
(a) Another person would change the experience from observation to interactivity.
(b) Another person would talk too much.
(c) Another person probably wouldn't like the radio stations he likes.
(d) Another person would probably change the itinerary.

5. Steinbeck writes, "We find after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; _______________________
(a) we define destinies."
(b) we take a journey."
(c) we enter into a new dimension."
(d) a trip takes us."

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Steinbeck, _____________ is the greater part of recognition.

2. What is the subject about which Steinbeck is noted for writing?

3. What do Steinbeck's friends warn him about regarding this trip?

4. What happens to the neighboring boats after Steinbeck cuts the rope holding them together?

5. How does Steinbeck calm down after the storm?

(see the answer key)

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