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

2. What does Doc eat before leaving Monterey?
(a) Fish and chips
(b) Steak and eggs
(c) A hamburger and a beer
(d) A ham sandwich

3. What does the captain lament about the pups?
(a) He has to get them weaned.
(b) He has to find homes for them.
(c) He should have drowned all but one.
(d) They are mutts.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Holman's Department Store's best promotion ever?

2. How deep is the frog pool?

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

4. Which two boys play in the boat works yard by the railroad tracks?

5. Where does Henri the Painter live in his imagination?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mack extract the date of Doc's birthday?

2. Which character seems to assimilate the combined woes of everyone in Cannery Row?

3. How do Mack and the boys react to ruining Doc's party?

4. For what event does Steinbeck use foreshadowing in this chapter?

5. What are some of the morning rituals on Cannery Row?

6. What does Steinbeck mean by "the hour of the pearl" in Chapter 14?

7. What bet does Doc make with Frost on the Fourth of July?

8. What does Steinbeck believe about truth which is explained by Doc's walking trip during college?

9. What is the irony of the tax troubles Dora experiences?

10. How does Steinbeck show that Doc is one with nature?

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