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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Unnamed section, p. 55.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Steinbeck and Ricketts do to Tiny's prey?
(a) They dissect it to learn what they can.
(b) They cut the meat and make a stew out of it.
(c) They crack its shell and use it as soup bowls.
(d) They cut the legs and collect them in a jar filled with water.

2. What is the concept explored by the author in the section that pertains to boats and men?
(a) The way men treat their boats like they treat their wives.
(b) The personification of a boat by a man and the identification of men with their boats.
(c) How men become unreasonable when it comes to their boats.
(d) The way men choose their boats, their colors, and the length.

3. What type of biologist is preferred by John Steinbeck?
(a) The type who teaches in the university.
(b) The type who studies life in all its complexities.
(c) The type who work for the big corporations.
(d) The type who study dead, preserved animals.

4. What does the expedition party observe about the town of San Lucas?
(a) That the town has recently suffered a great flood and the town is in disrepair.
(b) That the town is very much alive and everyone is heading to the ocean.
(c) That the town has several interesting landmarks.
(d) That the town drives on the left side of the road.

5. How does Steinbeck compare navigation at sea to life?
(a) He likens trying to keep a course to attempting to achieve an ideal.
(b) He likens sea navigation to cooking a gourmet course.
(c) He likens trying to keep a course to walking a tight pole.
(d) He likens sea navigation to courting a girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the expedition party do on their last night ashore when their boat is ready and loaded?

2. What happens when Steinbeck and Ricketts photograph the bonito and other fish?

3. What is Tony's requirement to the group?

4. Who is the most competent in commanding the wheel?

5. What is the greater purpose for which the author wants to use his observations of the activities of the biological creatures?

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