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

2. What happens to Dora during the Depression?
(a) She has a nervous breakdown.
(b) She gets married.
(c) She nearly goes bankrupt helping needy families.
(d) She has to close up shop for two years.

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

4. What does Mack want to do?
(a) He wants to get a part time job.
(b) He wants to find a new place to live.
(c) He wants to hitchhike back east.
(d) He wants to do something nice for Doc.

5. What job does Doc assign to Mack?
(a) Flatten out 300 starfish
(b) Collect three to four hundred frogs
(c) Pick up the fish food
(d) Clean out the aquariums

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has given Mack and his boys the ability to survive?

2. What becomes the hearth and center of the Palace?

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

4. How much does Lee ask for the building's rent?

5. What does Frankie eventually do for Doc?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Tong Wars?

2. Explain the relationship between Doc and Frankie.

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

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

5. Explain the behavior of the Chinaman.

6. Describe Hazel.

7. Describe the Bear Flag Restaurant.

8. Describe Doc's physical appearance.

9. Describe Dora Flood.

10. What does Steinbeck call Mack and the boys?

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