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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the captain bring up from the cellar?
(a) Bottles of beer
(b) A keg of Prohibition-vintage corn whiskey
(c) Sleeping cots
(d) Food for the pups

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

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

4. Where does Doc stop for his first square meal?
(a) Santa Barbara
(b) San Jose
(c) Santa Cruz
(d) San Diego

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

6. What time does Doc reach La Jolla?
(a) 6:00 A.M
(b) 2:00 A.M.
(c) 3:30 A.M..
(d) Midnight

7. Who holds afternoon tea parties for cats?
(a) Mary Talbot
(b) Mack
(c) Doc
(d) Dora Flood

8. How do people treat Doc after he tells his fib?
(a) They follow him on his trip.
(b) They invite him to dinner and take him in.
(c) They shun him.
(d) They want to take his picture.

9. What does doc find when he wades into the water and parts the mass of algae?
(a) A dolphin
(b) The face of a beautiful dead girl
(c) Trapped pelicans
(d) The wreckage of a ship

10. Why does the captain think the pups are a nuisance?
(a) He is moving and has to find them homes.
(b) He doesn't have time to take care of pups.
(c) No one wants bird dogs anymore.
(d) Their food is costing too much.

11. What is the mood at the Palace when Mack returns from the lab?
(a) Ecstatic
(b) Hopeful
(c) Calm
(d) Gloomy

12. What illness breaks out in all of Monterey?
(a) Influenza
(b) Chicken Pox
(c) Measles
(d) Gastroenteritis

13. What change do the people of Monterey feel?
(a) Everything is thriving again.
(b) The fashions are too severe.
(c) The economy is not good right now.
(d) The weather is too cold for this time of year.

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

15. Whose advice does Henri seek after having a nightmare?
(a) Doc
(b) Dora
(c) Lee
(d) Mack

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the captain carry to the frog hunt?

2. What does the captain lament about the pups?

3. Where do Mack and the boys now buy their groceries instead of going to Lee's?

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

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

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