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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. How deep is the frog pool?

2. What does Mack sense about Doc?

3. Who holds afternoon tea parties for cats?

4. How many frogs do Mack and the boys catch?

5. What does Doc think about the boys?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the symbolism of the music in Doc's head when he finds the body of the beautiful dead woman in the water?

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

5. Describe Mary Talbot.

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

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

8. Why is Mack impressed by Dora?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The Model T Ford has importance in the story for the frog-catching expedition of Mack and the boys. What does the car symbolize for Mack and the boys? For its owner, Lee? What significance does Steinbeck say the Model T has on American culture for the past two generations?

Essay Topic 3

Overall, the residents of Cannery Row become one big family. Describe the elements necessary to comprise a family. Explain some of the ways that the Cannery Row family is dysfunctional. Explain some of the ways that the Cannery Row family is quite normal.

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