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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. Who holds afternoon tea parties for cats?
(a) Mary Talbot
(b) Dora Flood
(c) Doc
(d) Mack

2. What does Doc collect near the sea?
(a) Starfish
(b) Clams
(c) Frogs
(d) Octopi

3. On what pretense does Mack get Doc to admit his birth date?
(a) Hazel and Hughie are updating the birthday card list
(b) Hazel and Eddie are studying numerology
(c) He and Hazel are making a birthday reminder calendar
(d) Hazel and Hughie are studying astrology

4. What is Holman's Department Store's best promotion ever?
(a) The new Santa hired for the Christmas season
(b) The flagpole sitter
(c) The circus animals in the parking lot
(d) The Labor Day White Sale

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What illness breaks out in all of Monterey?

2. What does Doc do after his meal?

3. What takes over on Cannery Row?

4. Where do the couples go?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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