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

2. Who is employed at Dora's business?
(a) 10 women and men and an Italian chef
(b) 4 women and 4 part time girls
(c) 12 girls, a Greek cook and a watchman
(d) Mack and his boys

3. What are the ingredients of Eddie's special punch?
(a) rum and Hawaiian Punch
(b) the remains of liquids in patrons' glasses
(c) tequila and lime juice
(d) vodka and orange juice

4. Who is the child who sees something mysterious in the old Chinaman's eyes?
(a) Timmy
(b) Ricky
(c) Billy
(d) Andy

5. What happens to Lee's car on Carmel Hill?
(a) It runs out of gas.
(b) It rolls backward.
(c) It cannot make it up the hill.
(d) It dies completely.

Short Answer Questions

1. Toward what city do Mack and the boys head?

2. What do some say the old Chinaman is?

3. What happens to Dora during the Depression?

4. How do Mack and the boys furnish their new residence?

5. Which one of the boys has the mechanical ability to work on Lee's car?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Doc's physical appearance.

2. Describe Doc's personal characteristics.

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

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

5. Describe Lee Chong's business.

6. It would be impractical to use the building to store groceries, so what does Lee do with the building?

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

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

9. Explain the relationship between Doc and Frankie.

10. Describe Hazel.

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