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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Steinbeck contemplate as he drives through Louisiana?
(a) The only black family he had known while growing up--the Coopers
(b) How he hopes his new book will be a success
(c) How he can't wait to get home
(d) What to give his wife for Christmas

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

3. What crime does the U.S. Customs Officer accuse Steinbeck of committing?
(a) The camper's fire extinguisher is out of date.
(b) Charley does not wear a collar.
(c) There are open containers of liquor in the camper.
(d) There is a phone number penciled in on his passport.

4. Which author wrote that you can't go home again?
(a) T.S. Eliot
(b) F. Scott Fitzgerald
(c) John Steinbeck
(d) Thomas Wolfe

5. What impresses Steinbeck about the Oregon coast?
(a) The rocks
(b) The fog
(c) Sequoia trees
(d) The orchards

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Steinbeck head after leaving Chicago?

2. To what political party does Steinbeck belong?

3. What historical attraction does Steinbeck visit in Montana?

4. In what city in Louisiana does Steinbeck decide to stop?

5. Why does Steinbeck think the dairy farms he sees must be subsidized?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Steinbeck conflicted as he leaves Texas and heads for Louisiana?

2. What has Steinbeck learned about America so far?

3. Describe Lonesome Harry.

4. What is the irony of the situation Steinbeck encounters at the Canadian border?

5. What is the purpose of Steinbeck's stop in Texas?

6. How does Steinbeck diffuse a father and son fight when he rents a cabin one night?

7. How does Steinbeck justify his opinion that the river crossing at Bismarck is the true demarcation between east and west?

8. Why does Steinbeck fall in love with Montana?

9. What philosophical thoughts does Steinbeck have when he passes into Idaho?

10. Why does Steinbeck believe in what author Thomas Wolfe meant when he wrote, "You Can't Go Home Again?"

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