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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What material is everything in the motel made of, with the exception of the bedding and curtains?
(a) brass
(b) wood
(c) glass
(d) plastic

2. What is wrong with Steinbeck's travel to these cities?
(a) It takes too much time out of his schedule.
(b) It is getting more and more expensive to make the trips.
(c) It is not the great expanse of the entire United States.
(d) It is a boring routine.

3. What is Steinbeck's destination on the next day?
(a) The northernmost county of Maine
(b) Ontario
(c) Niagara Falls
(d) Kennebunkport

4. What does Steinbeck think of the hunters?
(a) They will shoot at anything that moves.
(b) They stay out too long.
(c) They are the real men in this country.
(d) They are the best guys you'll ever meet.

5. The same person going over the same route twice experiences _______________________________.
(a) frequent flyer miles
(b) two distinctly different journeys
(c) jet lag
(d) deja vu

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years ago did Steinbeck travel the United States?

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

3. What is the name of Steinbeck's boat?

4. What is the first prerequisite for travelers?

5. What does Steinbeck buy at a farmhouse?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Steinbeck share with the adults in the Canadian family as a gesture of good will?

2. What urge has Steinbeck felt all his life?

3. What does Steinbeck discover about the French Canadians in northern Maine?

4. What happens to disrupt the launch of Steinbeck's trip?

5. What are Steinbeck's requirements for this state of journeying--or bumdom as he calls it?

6. Explain the irony in the scene in which Steinbeck discusses politics with the egg farmer.

7. What are Steinbeck's musings on junk?

8. What is Steinbeck's explanation for the junk yards and garbage dumps surrounding the small towns and villages through which he passes?

9. Why does Steinbeck decide not to take a human traveling companion?

10. What is John Steinbeck's view on the journey he is about to take?

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