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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Mack's boys?

2. What is the name of Dora's business?

3. Where do Mack and the boys get jobs during Christmas seasons?

4. What happens when Lee's car refuses to go any further without a new needle valve?

5. As a businessman, Lee is __________________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the behavior of the Chinaman.

2. Describe the building where Western Biological Laboratories is located.

3. Why is Doc leery of Mack's request for money?

4. Describe Lee Chong's business.

5. How does Lee acquire the Model T Ford?

6. What does Steinbeck call Mack and the boys?

7. Describe the Bear Flag Restaurant.

8. Describe Doc's personal characteristics.

9. Explain the irony in Mack's telling Doc that he and the boys need money for a good cause.

10. What does Steinbeck think has changed America dramatically in only two generations?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Doc discover about truth on his walking trip from Indiana to Florida during his college days? Why do you think people do not want to believe Doc's real reasons for walking? Why does Doc need to fabricate a story about his journey? Why does Steinbeck call truth a dangerous mistress?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Doc. Begin with his physical characteristics and extend into his personality and behavioral traits. What is Doc's role on Cannery Row? What is it about Doc that everybody wants to do something nice for him?

Essay Topic 3

Even though Doc is a marine biologist, he tends to the needs of people and animals on Cannery Row, too. Name some examples of Doc's care toward people. How does he help animals? How does he rally the town's residents to help each other when widespread influenza hits?

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