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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How much does Lee ask for the building's rent?
(a) $50 per month
(b) $1500 per month
(c) $5 per week
(d) $750 per week
2. Who is the newest resident of the Palace?
(a) Dora
(b) Doc
(c) Lee
(d) Gay
3. What happens to Dora during the Depression?
(a) She gets married.
(b) She nearly goes bankrupt helping needy families.
(c) She has to close up shop for two years.
(d) She has a nervous breakdown.
4. As a businessman, Lee is __________________________.
(a) conniving and not respected
(b) prosperous and respected
(c) frugal and watchful
(d) careless and broke
5. Why does Doc go to La Jolla?
(a) To return some books
(b) To pick up a friend at the station
(c) To collect octopi
(d) To see his girlfriend
6. Who is the leader of a small group of homeless men?
(a) Wes
(b) Eddie
(c) Mack
(d) Dora
7. What happens to the boiler?
(a) A couple named the Malloys move into it as a safe apartment.
(b) It is sold for scrap metal.
(c) It is melted down.
(d) It is repurposed for other cannery departments.
8. What does Frankie enjoy doing at Doc's?
(a) Eating lunch with Doc
(b) Watching and listening to Doc's parties
(c) Organizing the marine specimens
(d) Feeding the fish
9. Who helps Doc collect 300 starfish for an order from Northwestern University?
(a) Dora
(b) Lee
(c) Mack
(d) Hazel
10. Why does Guy not use his mechanical abilities on the machines in the canneries?
(a) The owners are too cheap to hire him.
(b) Guy is too shy to ask for work.
(c) Guy has a bad temper.
(d) Guy never shows up on time.
11. Everybody in town loves Dora except _____________________.
(a) the married spinsters
(b) the priests and nuns
(c) the bar owners
(d) restaurant owners
12. With whom does Frankie live?
(a) His large family
(b) His foster family
(c) His grandparents
(d) His widowed mother
13. What are Mack and his boys considered to be in Monterey?
(a) Good guys who just ran out of luck
(b) Virtues, Graces and Beauties
(c) Criminals looking for their next crime
(d) Just plain bums
14. What becomes the hearth and center of the Palace?
(a) A hot plate
(b) A chiminea
(c) A huge stove
(d) A burn barrel
15. Why do Mack and the boys have to avoid the police?
(a) There are arrest warrants out for Hazel.
(b) Lee's car has expired license plates and no headlights.
(c) Mack is wanted for non payment of child support.
(d) Eddie is wanted for petty theft.
Short Answer Questions
1. What do the boys want to load up on for the trip?
2. What are the ingredients of Eddie's special punch?
3. What does Mack want to do?
4. What type of car does Lee have?
5. What part time job does Eddie do?
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