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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do many people invest in house trailers?
(a) Adventure
(b) Status
(c) Cost and mobility
(d) Home foreclosures

2. In what city in Louisiana does Steinbeck decide to stop?
(a) Thibodaux
(b) Baton Rouge
(c) Natchitoches
(d) New Orleans

3. What threatens Steinbeck's stay at the Maple River?
(a) The possibility of snow
(b) A tornado
(c) Gang wars
(d) Below-zero temperatures

4. Where does Steinbeck head after Bismarck?
(a) Mount Rushmore
(b) The Painted Desert
(c) The Bad Lands
(d) The Wisconsin Dells

5. What commotion has erupted in the city where Steinbeck stops?
(a) Angry crowds denounce the desegregation of a grade school.
(b) The buses are running late today.
(c) The local electrician's union is on strike.
(d) The dock workers are on strike.

6. What is the occupation of Steinbeck's camping neighbor for the night?
(a) A farming implements salesman
(b) A plastics salesman
(c) A Shakesperian performer
(d) An auto executive

7. Aside from the unpleasant family visit, how does Steinbeck find the Monterey Peninsula?
(a) It is much dirtier than he remembered.
(b) It is more attractive but has lost its sense of wildness.
(c) It is too industrialized to suit him.
(d) It is sadly declining.

8. Who is Steinbeck drawn to at the rest stops?
(a) Military personnel
(b) Truck drivers
(c) Tour groups
(d) Families

9. What impresses Steinbeck with its strange rock formations?
(a) The Wisconsin Dells
(b) Yosemite
(c) Mount Rushmore
(d) The Grand Canyon

10. Where does Steinbeck head after leaving California?
(a) The Rocky Mountains
(b) The Grand Canyon
(c) The Mojave Desert
(d) The Tetons

11. What significant event does Steinbeck anticipate in Montana?
(a) Crossing the Continental Divide
(b) Seeing Mount Rushmore
(c) The geyser of Old Faithful
(d) Crossing the Colorado River

12. Where does Steinbeck head after leaving Chicago?
(a) Wisconsin
(b) Indiana
(c) Michigan
(d) Iowa

13. What are the Bad Lands like during the day?
(a) They are lush.
(b) They are very bright.
(c) They are engaging.
(d) They create fear.

14. What does Steinbeck notice that have sprung up near urban centers?
(a) Trailer parks
(b) Drug stores
(c) Baseball diamonds
(d) Industrial parks

15. Why will Steinbeck never move back to Monterey?
(a) Monterey is too old fashioned.
(b) Monterey is too dirty.
(c) He wants to be away from his family.
(d) New York City is his home now.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the evening meal where Steinbeck stops at a rental cabin and lunch room?

2. Where does Steinbeck head after spending the night among the sequoias?

3. Where does Steinbeck go to reminisce with an old friend?

4. Which author wrote that you can't go home again?

5. What quality do the people of #126 have that is so appealing to Steinbeck?

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