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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 is Doc's real birthday?
(a) May 5
(b) December 18
(c) June 20
(d) July 24

2. What does the captain do before passing out on the floor drunk?
(a) Fills a jug for Mack
(b) Talks about his wife
(c) Tries to cook breakfast
(d) Invites the boys to live with him

3. What happens when the boys approach the frog pool?
(a) It starts to rain.
(b) It gets really foggy.
(c) Mack falls in the mud.
(d) The frogs grow silent.

4. What date does Doc give Mack as his birthday?
(a) June 25
(b) October 24
(c) October 27
(d) September 14

5. Who leaves La Ida's in the company of girls?
(a) Two soldiers
(b) Their boyfriends
(c) Their blind dates
(d) Their cousins

Short Answer Questions

1. How do people treat Doc after he tells his fib?

2. Where does Doc stop for his first square meal?

3. On what pretense does Mack get Doc to admit his birth date?

4. Why does Doc have to treat the people who come down with the illness?

5. What does Doc collect near the sea?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why is Mack impressed by Dora?

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

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

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

10. Why does Mack initially reject the captain's offer of whiskey?

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