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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 Mack plan to do once again?
(a) Catch more frogs for Doc
(b) Have a party for Doc
(c) Visit the captain for more whiskey
(d) Go to La Jolla for octopi

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

3. What is the captain's wife always doing?
(a) Going shopping
(b) Gabbing on the phone
(c) Giving speeches or writing bills
(d) Trying new recipes

4. Where did Doc once take a walking trip?
(a) Ohio to Vermont
(b) Georgia to Louisiana
(c) Indiana to Florida
(d) New York to Maryland

5. What is Mack doing by the time the boys reach the farmhouse?
(a) Taking a nap
(b) Eating his lunch
(c) Treating the dog
(d) Drinking a beer

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who garners much attention after falling sick?

3. On what do Doc and Frost place a bet?

4. What is ironic about Henri the Painter?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Mack impressed by Dora?

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

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

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

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

7. How does Mack perceive Doc?

8. What is the significance of the flagpole sitter at Holman's Department Store?

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

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

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