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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Steinbeck name his camper?
(a) Trigger
(b) Rocinante
(c) Hi-ways
(d) Steinmaster

2. What is the traveler's second prerequisite for traveling?
(a) Planning the trip in time and space
(b) Stop mail and newspaper delivery
(c) Ask the neighbors to feed your pets
(d) Getting cheap airfare

3. What is the tone of this book?
(a) Juvenile
(b) Approachable
(c) Forbidding
(d) Lofty

4. What happens when the eye of the storm passes?
(a) Everything gets very quiet.
(b) It gets as dark as night outside.
(c) The wind whips up from the opposite direction.
(d) The sun suddenly appears.

5. What does Steinbeck do to Charley to protect him in the deer hunting region of inner Maine?
(a) Puts a bell around his neck
(b) Makes him stay in the camper
(c) Ties red tissue paper around his tail
(d) Boards him in a kennel

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Steinbeck learn about all the writing materials he packs?

2. Who wants to accompany Steinbeck on the trip?

3. What does Steinbeck think as the date for his departure approaches?

4. What is Steinbeck's wife's name?

5. What infuriates Steinbeck about a neighbor's boat anchoring prior to the storm?

(see the answer key)

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