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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mack's method of catching the frogs?
(a) He waits until daylight when the frogs are easier to see.
(b) He uses big nets in the water.
(c) He outwaits the frogs and catches them when they jump.
(d) He and the boys wade into the water shouting.

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

3. What is a major problem of Doc's job?
(a) The smells inside his lab
(b) Fighting off boredom
(c) Collecting his specimens when nature makes them available
(d) Getting the universities to pay him

4. Where did Doc once take a walking trip?
(a) Indiana to Florida
(b) Georgia to Louisiana
(c) New York to Maryland
(d) Ohio to Vermont

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

6. Where do the couples go?
(a) To breakfast
(b) To a movie
(c) To dinner
(d) To a beach

7. How does Doc view Mack?
(a) As a peacemaker
(b) As a philosopher
(c) As a trouble maker
(d) As a drunk

8. What does Mack plan to do once again?
(a) Visit the captain for more whiskey
(b) Catch more frogs for Doc
(c) Have a party for Doc
(d) Go to La Jolla for octopi

9. What has enthralled Henri the Painter?
(a) His new car
(b) His new fishing pole
(c) Watching a flagpole sitter/skater
(d) A new girl at the Bear Flag

10. What does the captain carry to the frog hunt?
(a) A flashlight
(b) A pitcher of whiskey
(c) A net
(d) A gun

11. Who garners much attention after falling sick?
(a) Lee
(b) Doc
(c) Darling
(d) Mack

12. How deep is the frog pool?
(a) eight feet
(b) four feet
(c) ten feet
(d) fourteen feet

13. What is Doc's real birthday?
(a) June 20
(b) July 24
(c) December 18
(d) May 5

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

15. What is Holman's Department Store's best promotion ever?
(a) The new Santa hired for the Christmas season
(b) The Labor Day White Sale
(c) The flagpole sitter
(d) The circus animals in the parking lot

Short Answer Questions

1. What change do the people of Monterey feel?

2. How do people treat Doc after he tells his fib?

3. What does the captain lament about the pups?

4. Who carries the gunnysacks?

5. On what do Doc and Frost place a bet?

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