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

2. What is the nature of the deal?
(a) The answer to #4 will get a part time job to pay his debt to Lee.
(b) The answer to #4 buys some property from Lee.
(c) The answer to #4 signs over a building to Lee.
(d) The answer to #4 will work for Lee.

3. How did Lee acquire the car?
(a) As payment for a grocery bill
(b) From his brother-in-law
(c) From his father
(d) From a used car dealership

4. What is Lee's final solution about the building?
(a) He rents it out for events.
(b) He demolishes it and makes a parking garage.
(c) He lets Mack and the boys live there.
(d) He rents boat storage space to people.

5. What does Lee's soft heart inspire him to do?
(a) Have his father exhumed and buried in sacred Chinese soil
(b) Become a Big Brother to a young boy
(c) Donate to a homeless shelter
(d) Adopt a foster child

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Mack's boys?

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

3. Who is the leader of a small group of homeless men?

4. What does Mack do to separate space for the residents of the Palace?

5. What does Steinbeck think has had the most impact on America in two generations?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the behavior of the Chinaman.

2. How does the Bear Flag stay in business even though it is an illegal operation?

3. Describe Hazel.

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

5. Describe Doc's physical appearance.

6. How does Lee acquire another building?

7. What is the irony of Hazel's name?

8. Explain the relationship between Doc and Frankie.

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

10. What does Steinbeck think has changed America dramatically in only two generations?

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