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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 10 - 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Steinbeck learn about all the writing materials he packs?
(a) He never writes from notes taken while traveling alone.
(b) He needs every word he writes down to write later.
(c) He needs comprehenisve notes because he is so detail-oriented.
(d) He needs sketchy notes just to jog his memory.

2. What does the park ranger warn Steinbeck about as he enters the answer to #130?
(a) Coyotes
(b) Falling rocks
(c) Extreme temperatures
(d) Bears

3. Why is Steinbeck forced to turn back?
(a) Charley gets sick on a trail.
(b) Steinbeck twists his ankle on a trail.
(c) It starts to get dark.
(d) Charley reacts violently to the sight of bears.

4. What does Steinbeck consider the river crossing at Bismarck to be?
(a) The true demarcation between east and west
(b) The most treacherous experience he has ever had
(c) The most beautiful place he has ever seen
(d) The most boring place he has ever been

5. Which author wrote that you can't go home again?
(a) T.S. Eliot
(b) John Steinbeck
(c) F. Scott Fitzgerald
(d) Thomas Wolfe

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the answer to #80 remind Steinbeck of?

2. What kind of dog is Charley?

3. How does Steinbeck meet a Canadian family?

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

5. What crime does the U.S. Customs Officer accuse Steinbeck of committing?

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