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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through March 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does John Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts pass the time while their boat is being outfitted?
(a) They observe the boats and their fishermen and how the boats reflect their owners.
(b) They talk to the local fishermen and ask for interesting marine species.
(c) They sample the local beer and compare it with the others they have tried.
(d) The sample the local dishes and make arrangements for food to be taken out to sea.

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

3. What do Tiny and Sparky do while they are on watch?
(a) They play card games, making the boat sail the wrong way.
(b) They take turns scratching each other's back.
(c) Tiny plays the guitar while Sparky sings.
(d) They pay more attention to fishing than to the sailing of the ship.

4. How many crew members are signed on for the expedition?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

5. How does Tex see diesel engines?
(a) As toys which can be experimentes on.
(b) As pure, logical, perfect mechanical entities.
(c) As expensive vessels not fit for sea travel.
(d) As abhorring inventions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the expedition party heading?

2. What do Indians do in Espiritu Santo Island?

3. Where does the expedition team go the next morning, March 13?

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

5. What is taking place on the day before the expedition party leaves for its journey?

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