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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lee's car make it over Carmel Hill?
(a) In reverse with the radiator boiling
(b) With all the boys pushing
(c) It sputters and smokes
(d) It does not make it

2. How long does it take eleven-year-old Frankie to enter Doc's lab and speak to Doc?
(a) Three weeks
(b) Three years
(c) Three days
(d) Three months

3. Where did Doc go to college?
(a) Columbia University
(b) The University of Chicago
(c) Ohio State University
(d) Georgia Tech

4. Who carries the gunnysacks?
(a) Eddie and Hazel
(b) Jones and Mack
(c) Hughie and Mack
(d) Hughie and Jones

5. What is Doc's driving style?
(a) He speeds to get to the sea as quickly as possible.
(b) He drives slowly and stops often.
(c) He swerves back and forth looking out toward the sea.
(d) He slows down, then speeds up erratically.

Short Answer Questions

1. Near Los Angeles, what does Doc load up on after he eats a hearty chicken dinner?

2. Who is the only person in town who has the nerve to ask the flagpole sitter how he goes to the toilet?

3. What does the captain bring up from the cellar?

4. How is Cannery Row described in Chapter 14?

5. What happens to Dora during the Depression?

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