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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through March 30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the crew have a hard time handling a particular sea cucumber?
(a) Because that sea cucumber has a very strange skin that was so slippery.
(b) Because that sea cucumber has a very foul smell, making the crew unable to come near it.
(c) Because that sea cucumber has a habit of expelling its insides when taken out of water.
(d) Because that sea cucumber had a lot of thorns, unusual for its kind.

2. Aside from their daily experiences during the expedition, what other topics are discussed by the author?
(a) Literature, entertainment, laws and environment.
(b) Culinary arts, Hollywood, and botany.
(c) Politics, religion, physics and war.
(d) Philosophy, mankind, biology and history.

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

4. What comparison does Steinbeck often refer to?
(a) Moon and men and their relationship.
(b) Marine organisms and men and their relationship
(c) Tides and men and their relationship.
(d) Fruits and men and their relationship.

5. Where does the expedition party go on the morning of March 23, Black Saturday?
(a) Magdalena Bay.
(b) La Luz Bay.
(c) San Jose Island.
(d) San Diego Bay.

Short Answer Questions

1. There is a struggle for scraps and morsels of food.Who are the participants in the struggle?

2. What do members of the party feel when they are the one manning the wheel?

3. What do Steinbeck and Ricketts buy that was eventually taken by US customs?

4. Why are Steinbeck and Ricketts delighted that the Indians will actually do the hunting?

5. What does Tiny collect in La Paz?

(see the answer key)

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