Cannery Row Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 124 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Cannery Row Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 124 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the leader of a small group of homeless men?
(a) Wes
(b) Mack
(c) Dora
(d) Eddie

2. Why do Mack and the boys have to avoid the police?
(a) Eddie is wanted for petty theft.
(b) There are arrest warrants out for Hazel.
(c) Lee's car has expired license plates and no headlights.
(d) Mack is wanted for non payment of child support.

3. Who is the child who sees something mysterious in the old Chinaman's eyes?
(a) Ricky
(b) Andy
(c) Billy
(d) Timmy

4. Why is Hazel, a man, given a female name?
(a) It is an honor given by a family priest.
(b) It is a custom in Hazel's family.
(c) It is a family name.
(d) Hazel's mother is worn out from seven pregnancies in eight years

5. What do the boys hit in Lee's car?
(a) Another car
(b) A deer
(c) A rooster
(d) A skunk

6. Who helps Doc collect 300 starfish for an order from Northwestern University?
(a) Dora
(b) Mack
(c) Lee
(d) Hazel

7. Why does Lee make the decision he does about the building?
(a) He needs a tax deduction.
(b) The city needs more parking space.
(c) Refusal would mean broken windows and fire.
(d) He is a philanthropist at heart.

8. What part time job does Eddie do?
(a) cook
(b) janitor
(c) waiter
(d) bartender

9. What happens to Lee's car on Carmel Hill?
(a) It rolls backward.
(b) It runs out of gas.
(c) It cannot make it up the hill.
(d) It dies completely.

10. Where do Mack and the boys get jobs during Christmas seasons?
(a) Huevos Cannery
(b) Hacienda Cannery
(c) Hola Cannery
(d) Hediondo Cannery

11. What do the boys want to load up on for the trip?
(a) Gas and maps
(b) Beer
(c) Snacks and soft drinks
(d) Food and liquor

12. Why does Gay's wife no longer swear out warrants against him?
(a) He likes the new jail too much.
(b) He is not worth the effort.
(c) She is trying to manage her anger.
(d) They are in couples therapy.

13. 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 never shows up on time.
(c) Guy has a bad temper.
(d) Guy is too shy to ask for work.

14. What do the boys do while Eddie is out stealing a new carburetor?
(a) They eat.
(b) They sing.
(c) They work canning.
(d) They sleep.

15. What happens when Lee's car refuses to go any further without a new needle valve?
(a) Gay knows of a good junkyard and gets what he needs there.
(b) The boys hitchhike to where they are going.
(c) Gay sets off to find one and disappears for 180 days.
(d) Mack knows a friend who can help them.

Short Answer Questions

1. As a result of his generosity and sympathy, people want to ________________________.

2. Where is Dora's business located?

3. What happens to Dora during the Depression?

4. What are the ingredients of Eddie's special punch?

5. What does Doc do for Frankie?

(see the answer keys)

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