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

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

3. What does the flagpole sitter complain of on his second day?
(a) He would like a radio.
(b) He needs some sunscreen.
(c) He really needs to lie down.
(d) Someone is shooting at him with an air rifle.

4. What does Doc know very well?
(a) The seacoast
(b) Amphibians
(c) The Bible
(d) The mountains

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What fib does Doc make up about his walking trip?

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

5. What time of day is it when Chapter 14 opens?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What raises the ire of the normally even-tempered Doc while on the road?

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

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

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

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

8. Describe Mary Talbot.

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

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

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