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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has come over the country since Steinbeck's last trip?
(a) Wealth and prosperity
(b) Overwhelming sadness
(c) A sense of pride
(d) Many changes

2. What has Steinbeck become over the years?
(a) A famous, contemporary writer
(b) A sentimental fool
(c) An expert on travel
(d) A cantankerous old man

3. What is unusual about the inn Steinbeck finds?
(a) Its neon sign flashes that it is open and has vacancies but no one is there.
(b) It has valet parking
(c) It is not open on weekends.
(d) It is not in any guidebook.

4. What does Steinbeck notice that surrounds the small towns and villages?
(a) Industrial parks
(b) Fast food restaurants
(c) Garbage dumps and junk yards
(d) Car dealerships

5. How is Steinbeck able to travel unnoticed?
(a) He gains a lot of weight.
(b) He dyes his hair black.
(c) He wears a wig and sunglasses.
(d) People do not expect famous authors to be traveling in a trailer with a dog for a companion.

6. What does Steinbeck stock up on at a country store?
(a) Cookies and cupcakes
(b) Salty snacks
(c) Liquor and beer
(d) Cold cuts

7. Where has Steinbeck's friend made a reservation for him?
(a) Mt. Killington
(b) Niagara Falls
(c) Kennebunkport
(d) Deer Isle

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

9. According to Steinbeck, every journey has its own __________________.
(a) climax
(b) price
(c) deadline
(d) personality

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

11. What does Steinbeck think as the date for his departure approaches?
(a) He should reconsider his itinerary.
(b) Something will happen to delay or cancel the trip.
(c) He does not have enough film.
(d) He might consider taking a companion.

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

13. What does the answer to #80 remind Steinbeck of?
(a) The Bahamas
(b) His hometown in Salinas
(c) Avalon in the King Arthur legends
(d) The Everglades

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

15. What does Steinbeck call this state of journeying?
(a) Bumdom
(b) Exciting
(c) Freeing
(d) Adventurous

Short Answer Questions

1. What material is everything in the motel made of, with the exception of the bedding and curtains?

2. How old is Steinbeck at the time that he starts on his journey?

3. What do the Canadians migrate over the border to pick?

4. Why does Steinbeck not take another person on the trip?

5. What is the subject about which Steinbeck is noted for writing?

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