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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Mexican officials do with the expedition party?
(a) They arrive to inspect the expedition party's baggages including the marine life they have caught.
(b) They arrive to discuss with Steinbeck the possibility of making a book about Cabo San Lucas.
(c) They arrive to talk to Steinbeck and Ricketts another expedition to be done within the year.
(d) They arrive for a welcoming ceremony including coffee, smoking and a bit of paperwork.

2. What is the best description for Angeles Bay?
(a) It is a trading town where goods can be exchanged, sold and bought.
(b) It is where several expedition parties meet up and exchange information.
(c) It is the last collecting stop of the expedition on the west side of the Gulf.
(d) It is the last place where expedition party members can grab a few drinks before getting back to the boat.

3. How is the team's photography effort described in general?
(a) There is nothing mentioned about the team's photography efforts.
(b) It is so remarkable that it is cited as an example of what expeditions should follow during voyages.
(c) It is neither remarkably good or remarkably bad.
(d) It is so poor that it is used as an example of what shouldn't be done with a camera.

4. After facing difficulties collecting specimens, what do Steinbeck and Ricketts do instead on Easter Sunday ?
(a) Tex, Tiny and Sparky are tasked to catch everything that comes ashore.
(b) Steinbeck and Ricketts hire several locals to do it for them.
(c) They place a big basin just near the shore and catch whatever the tide brings in.
(d) They place a light near the surface of the water, and catch what the light attracts.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What limitation does the expedition party have that is particular to their voyage?

3. On Easter Sunday, despite facing difficulties collecting specimens, Steinbeck and Ricketts are able to catch a significant marine life - what is it?

4. What does the party find in Angeles Bay?

5. What can be seen in Cabo San Lucas?

(see the answer key)

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