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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Steinbeck compare the futility of trying to control a trip?
(a) Trying to swim upstream
(b) Trying to shoot fish in a barrel
(c) Trying to herd cats
(d) Trying to control a marriage

2. When does Steinbeck plan to set off on his journey?
(a) The day after Christmas
(b) The day after Labor Day
(c) The day after the Fourth of July
(d) The day after New Year's

3. What urge has Steinbeck felt all his life?
(a) The urge to be someone else.
(b) The urge to be an athlete.
(c) The urge to be somewhere else.
(d) The urge to be an artist.

4. Where was Charley trained?
(a) New York
(b) Atlanta
(c) France
(d) New Orleans

5. What is Steinbeck's purpose for taking the trip?
(a) Visit national monuments
(b) Get out of town for awhile
(c) Find old college buddies
(d) Revisit the country he once knew

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Steinbeck share with the adults in the family?

2. What does Steinbeck do to Charley to protect him in the deer hunting region of inner Maine?

3. What is the unspoken motivation for Steinbeck's decision to make the trip?

4. What does Steinbeck think is the trouble with New England voices?

5. In this book, Steinbeck's style is neither ______________ in nature nor completely ________________.

(see the answer key)

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