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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. How many times has Henri the Painter been married?
(a) Four times
(b) Three times
(c) One time
(d) Two times

2. What type of hat does Henri the Painter wear?
(a) Bowler
(b) Cowboy Hat
(c) Beret
(d) Top Hat

3. Where does Henri the Painter live in actuality?
(a) In a painter's loft
(b) In a cabin
(c) On a thirty-five-foot boat
(d) In a townhouse

4. Where does Henri the Painter live in his imagination?
(a) Maui
(b) Australia
(c) Paris
(d) Berlin

5. What is a major problem of Doc's job?
(a) Getting the universities to pay him
(b) The smells inside his lab
(c) Fighting off boredom
(d) Collecting his specimens when nature makes them available

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Doc's real birthday?

2. What kind of dog does the watchman have?

3. What are there few of afoot in the early hours of Cannery Row?

4. Who leaves La Ida's in the company of girls?

5. How does Doc view Mack?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why can Doc not get anyone to accompany him on specimen collecting trip to La Jolla?

2. What is ironic about Henri the Painter?

3. How does Doc respond to Mack's request to know Doc's birth date?

4. How does Steinbeck show that Cannery Row is an undesirable part of town?

5. Describe Mary Talbot.

6. What impact have Mack and the boys had on the captain?

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

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

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

10. What is the symbolism of the music in Doc's head when he finds the body of the beautiful dead woman in the water?

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