1. What is Steinbeck's thesis about origins of names of places, specifically California?
(a) That names are randomly selected during the full moon.
(b) That names are usually given by the first priest to reside in the place.
(c) That the first settlers usually name the place after their first born.
(d) That names arise organically from the places themselves as much as they do from any purposeful naming of them.

2. Where is Cabo San Lucas?
(a) It is at the northern tip of San Diego Bay.
(b) It is at the southern tip of San Diego Bay.
(c) It is at the southern tip of the Baja Peninsula.
(d) It is at the southern tip of Magdalena Bay.

3. How does the author describe the Mexicans and Americans that they meet in Angeles Bay?
(a) They are easily identifiable from the tattoo that they have on their arm.
(b) They all wear straw hats and Hawaiian shirts.
(c) They claim to be fishing but seem overly interested in what the expedition is doing and when they are leaving.
(d) They claim to be friends of Tiny and Sparky and insisted on joining them.

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

5. Where does the expedition party sail next on Easter Sunday?
(a) They return to Magdalene Bay because tex forgot the collections he had.
(b) Out of the lagoon and to the next collecting stop south of Marcial Point.
(c) They finally sail to Cortez, Mexico.
(d) They leave La Paz and sail north to Tribecca.