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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through April 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Indians do in Espiritu Santo Island?
(a) They come to visit in a dugout canoe, stay long into the night to drink, tell stories, and discuss politics.
(b) They maintain several stores which sell supplies to sea travelers.
(c) They maintain a market where travelers can sell the items they collected at sea.
(d) They own and operate several restaurants where sea travelers usually take their meal before sailing out to sea.

2. What is a Sally Lightfoot crab?
(a) It is a female crab which clings to people's feet.
(b) It is a female crab with a very unique tattoo on its shell, shaped like a foot.
(c) It is a small crab with giant feet, and the name is meant as a private joke among residents of Cabo San Lucas.
(d) It is a particularly agile, small crab which seems to elude every attempt for its capture.

3. What is the best description for Santa Rosalia?
(a) It has eight statues standing on shore, as if guarding the town from enemies.
(b) It is a mining town built by a French company, and looks very different from other towns they have seen.
(c) It looks all balck and gray from afar, which seems to signify that there is not much happening in the town.
(d) It looks wonderful at night with all the many lights from the establishments that line up the shore.

4. What scientific testing does Steinbeck intend to do on the liquor?
(a) Determine if the aphrodisiac liquor really works.
(b) Test if the seawater will work well with the liquor.
(c) Determine if the liquor can really substitute the engine fuel.
(d) Determine if his crew can drink the liquor instead of the water for two weeks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does John Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts pass the time while their boat is being outfitted?

2. What do the coastal Indians whom Steinbeck and Ricketts met in Puerto Escondido do?

3. When the sea is very smooth, what does the crew do to take advantage of the calm seas?

4. What does Tiny collect in La Paz?

5. What difficulty does the expedition party encounter when they were collecting specimen in Cabo San Lucas?

(see the answer key)

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