1. What does Steinbeck lament about that is in connection with persistence of beliefs and actual happenings?
(a) That a good hypothesis can blind a person to alternative theories and even to actual data that could disprove it.
(b) That actual happenings are always distorted to give way to more controversial beliefs.
(c) That persistence of beliefs can actually lead to actual happenings.
(d) That actual happenings are actually the basis of many persistent beliefs.

2. What difference does the section dated March 24 have from the rest of the book?
(a) It has multiple examples on how a specimen should be handled by scientists.
(b) The crew was not collecting samples, rather just enjoying the island.
(c) It talks of a certain time outside its present day situation.
(d) Most of it was written by Ricketts, rather than Steinbeck, years before the voyage.

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) Steinbeck and Ricketts hire several locals to do it for them.
(c) Tex, Tiny and Sparky are tasked to catch everything that comes ashore.
(d) They place a big basin just near the shore and catch whatever the tide brings in.

4. What does the expedition party have for dinner on the evening of Good Friday, March 22?
(a) Buttered vegetables.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Roasted pork.
(d) Fish and chips.

5. When the sea is very smooth, what does the crew do to take advantage of the calm seas?
(a) They label and sort their collection.
(b) They cook omelette which is very hard to cook perfectly on a rough sea,
(c) They play a game of hockey.
(d) They iron their clothes.