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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 does Steinbeck think is the trouble with New England voices?
(a) They are very clipped.
(b) They mumble their words.
(c) They talk too fast.
(d) They are too nasal.

2. What kind of dog is Charley?
(a) Jack Russell Terrier
(b) Poodle
(c) Dachshund
(d) German Shephard

3. What does Steinbeck think about as he packs the camper?
(a) What kind of weather he will encounter
(b) Whether he will be back in time for Christmas
(c) The strong desire in everyone to do what he is about to do
(d) Whether his wife will be mad at him

4. How do New Englanders talk?
(a) They answer questions with questions
(b) In single words or short phrases
(c) In long, drawn out sentences
(d) In rambling speech patterns

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the first person Steinbeck meets on his trip?

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

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

5. In what direction does Steinbeck head on his first day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What have older people always told Steinbeck?

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

3. Explain how Steinbeck interjects humor into the book.

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

5. What urge has Steinbeck felt all his life?

6. What does Steinbeck's 13-year-old neighbor boy symbolize?

7. Why does Steinbeck ignore his doctors' advice following an illness the previous year?

8. Describe Charley.

9. What is Steinbeck's purpose for taking this trip?

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

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