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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through April 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What limitation does the expedition party have that is particular to their voyage?
(a) They have a limited supply of food and drinks, and medicine, too.
(b) They have only a small crew compared to other voyages with dozens of crew on board.
(c) They can only sail in the morning because their light is not as powerful as those of the other voyages.
(d) They only have six weeks to complete their entire voyage, on top of constraints presented by the tides.

2. On Easter Sunday, despite facing difficulties collecting specimens, Steinbeck and Ricketts are able to catch a significant marine life - what is it?
(a) A large, century old turtle.
(b) A small, printed seahorse.
(c) A large, beautiful lobster.
(d) A shiny, white porpoise.

3. What can be seen in Cabo San Lucas?
(a) An amusement park with rides and games, children and adults alike enjoy the park.
(b) A monastery with several nuns planting corn.
(c) A cannery along with a few houses on shore, and a rocky ridge that extends from the muntain into the ocean.
(d) A school for teenagers who want to be marines and navy in the future.

4. What feeling does the expedition party have as they leave Angeles Bay?
(a) The team members feel like their stay in Angeles Bay was cut short because of the presence of the Americans and Mexicans.
(b) The team members feel as if they belong in Angeles Bay and do not like to leave.
(c) Everybody on the team feels that they are interfering with some illicit activity.
(d) Everyone in the team feels that they have finally found the best place to conduct scientific experiments in Angeles Bay.

5. What does the party find in Angeles Bay?
(a) They find that it was closed to tourists and voyagers and they had to return to sea immediately.
(b) They find that there are a dozen men who want to be part of their team.
(c) There seems to be an unknown settlement with a very odd sense of something strange going on.
(d) They find another expedition party heading to the same destination like them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the crew call the invertebrates that Steinbeck and Ricketts catch?

2. After facing difficulties collecting specimens, what do Steinbeck and Ricketts do instead on Easter Sunday ?

3. What do the Mexican officials do with the expedition party?

4. What is Steinbeck's thesis about origins of names of places, specifically California?

5. How does the author describe the Mexicans and Americans that they meet in Angeles Bay?

(see the answer key)

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