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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 27-32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the captain lament about the pups?
(a) He has to get them weaned.
(b) They are mutts.
(c) He has to find homes for them.
(d) He should have drowned all but one.

2. What does the captain do before passing out on the floor drunk?
(a) Tries to cook breakfast
(b) Invites the boys to live with him
(c) Fills a jug for Mack
(d) Talks about his wife

3. Who fills up Lee's car with gas at the service station?
(a) Mack
(b) Gay
(c) Hazel
(d) Eddie

4. Who visits Doc as Doc is organizing his recently collected starfish?
(a) Eddie
(b) Dora
(c) Lee
(d) Mack

5. What do the Bear Flag girls decide to make for Doc's birthday gift?
(a) A 12-course dinner
(b) A needlepoint sampler
(c) A silken patchwork quilt
(d) A vat of margaritas

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Steinbeck think has had the most impact on America in two generations?

2. What happens to the boiler?

3. What do Mack and the boys vow the party will be?

4. Who are Mack's boys?

5. What is the nature of the deal?

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