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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Chapter 4 - 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Steinbeck contemplate as he drives through Louisiana?
(a) What to give his wife for Christmas
(b) The only black family he had known while growing up--the Coopers
(c) How he can't wait to get home
(d) How he hopes his new book will be a success

2. How does Steinbeck meet a Canadian family?
(a) He is in the motel room next to theirs.
(b) He follows Charley to the family's camp.
(c) They meet at a diner.
(d) His camper is parked next to theirs.

3. What significant event does Steinbeck anticipate in Montana?
(a) The geyser of Old Faithful
(b) Crossing the Colorado River
(c) Seeing Mount Rushmore
(d) Crossing the Continental Divide

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Steinbeck eat his lunch?

2. What does Steinbeck buy at a farmhouse?

3. What does a friend want Steinbeck to bring back from his trip?

4. Whose birthplace is Steinbeck anxious to visit?

5. To Steinbeck, Texas is not so much a place as a _________________________.

(see the answer key)

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