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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who leaves La Ida's in the company of girls?
(a) Two soldiers
(b) Their blind dates
(c) Their cousins
(d) Their boyfriends

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

3. On what pretense does Mack get Doc to admit his birth date?
(a) Hazel and Hughie are updating the birthday card list
(b) He and Hazel are making a birthday reminder calendar
(c) Hazel and Hughie are studying astrology
(d) Hazel and Eddie are studying numerology

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

5. What does Doc think about the boys?
(a) They will always be losers.
(b) They will never hold down real jobs.
(c) They will not sell their souls to gain the world.
(d) They are hopeless drunks.

6. What takes over on Cannery Row?
(a) Peace
(b) Greed
(c) Ambition
(d) Evil

7. What does Henri the Painter use for his materials?
(a) Pennies and nickels
(b) Bottle caps and nutshells
(c) Colored pebbles and chicken feathers
(d) Colored chicken feathers and nutshells

8. What does Doc know very well?
(a) The mountains
(b) The seacoast
(c) Amphibians
(d) The Bible

9. What does Doc eat before leaving Monterey?
(a) A ham sandwich
(b) Fish and chips
(c) A hamburger and a beer
(d) Steak and eggs

10. Doc drives to the cliffs above the tidal flat and ____________ in the car.
(a) Counts stars
(b) Sleeps
(c) Checks his notes
(d) Listens to music

11. What does Doc do after his meal?
(a) Checks into a hotel
(b) Visits an old friend
(c) Goes to a club
(d) Picks up a hitchhiker

12. Near Los Angeles, what does Doc load up on after he eats a hearty chicken dinner?
(a) Coffee and pie for breakfast
(b) Coffee and omelets for breakfast
(c) Coffee, sandwiches and beer for breakfast
(d) Coffee, orange juice and muffins for breakfast

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

14. Doc tells the waitress that he needs the answer to #122 for _______________________________.
(a) a bad stuttering habit
(b) a muscle relaxant
(c) a headache remedy
(d) a bad bladder ailment

15. On what do Doc and Frost place a bet?
(a) A tank full of gas
(b) A case of whiskey
(c) A parade
(d) A keg of beer

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times has Henri the Painter been married?

2. What is the mood at the Palace when Mack returns from the lab?

3. How does Doc view Mack?

4. How many frogs do Mack and the boys catch?

5. What type of hat does Henri the Painter wear?

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