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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through March 27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the expedition party go after Laredo?
(a) North to Coronado Island.
(b) North to Punta Fuego.
(c) North to La Luz.
(d) North to Escondido Bay.

2. What happens to the porpoises, as observed by Steinbeck and Ricketts?
(a) They do not make good subject for photographs.
(b) They do not taste well.
(c) The porpoises have changed from the northern species to a grey, slender, long-nosed species.
(d) They change colors from when they are alive to when they are dead and preserved.

3. What does Steinbeck notice about the sense of time of the local people of Cabo San Lucas?
(a) It is reversed, sleeping during the day and working during the night.
(b) It seems so different from their own.
(c) They seem to all walk faster, indicating that they have a faster sense of time.
(d) There is nothing different about their sense of time and that of the indigents'.

4. Who is the newest team member that joins the expedition party on March 23?
(a) Robert.
(b) Ronald.
(c) No one.
(d) Frederick.

5. What are dry-balls?
(a) They are the dried coconut husks used by the local children to play ball.
(b) They are the dried cotton balls brought to sea as part of the medicine kit.
(c) They are the biologists who study dead, preserved animals.
(d) They are the medicines given to the expedition party by the locals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the expedition party find on their destination on March 23?

2. Steinbeck worries about the soldiers' reaction to what during their travel?

3. What type of biologist is preferred by John Steinbeck?

4. What is interesting about the bonito and other fish that caught Steinbeck and Ricketts' attention?

5. What will be an accurate description of the expedition party's day on March 23?

(see the answer key)

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