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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who fills up Lee's car with gas at the service station?
(a) Hazel
(b) Mack
(c) Gay
(d) Eddie

2. How long has Dora been in business?
(a) 25 years
(b) 15 years
(c) 50 years
(d) 10 years

3. Where is Dora's business located?
(a) Out in the country
(b) Behind Lee's store
(c) On a seaside highway
(d) Across the railroad tracks

4. What does Frankie enjoy doing at Doc's?
(a) Organizing the marine specimens
(b) Eating lunch with Doc
(c) Feeding the fish
(d) Watching and listening to Doc's parties

5. Everybody in town loves Dora except _____________________.
(a) the priests and nuns
(b) the married spinsters
(c) restaurant owners
(d) the bar owners

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did Lee consummate a recent business deal?

2. What do the boys do while Eddie is out stealing a new carburetor?

3. What does Mack want to do?

4. What type of business does Lee Chong own?

5. What is the name of Dora's current watchman?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the building where Western Biological Laboratories is located.

2. What does Steinbeck call Mack and the boys?

3. What happens to Gay when the needle valve breaks on the car?

4. Explain the irony in Mack's telling Doc that he and the boys need money for a good cause.

5. What becomes the pride and joy in the Palace for Mack and the boys?

6. How doe Mack's wits keep the boys out of trouble when they are approached by a large man with a pointer dog?

7. Why does Mack has a twinge of guilt about the frog mission?

8. How does Lee acquire the Model T Ford?

9. Describe Hazel.

10. What are Tong Wars?

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