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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 hope to accomplish on the trip?
(a) Beat the coast-to-coast record
(b) Find a new place to live
(c) Chart the gas mileage for his vehicle
(d) Reacquaint himself with America's people and countryside

2. What does Steinbeck not like about hunting?
(a) The clothes you have to wear
(b) Cleaning your gun
(c) It gets too cold
(d) The taste of wild game

3. What does Steinbeck buy at a farmhouse?
(a) Cured bacon
(b) Fresh eggs
(c) Smoked ham
(d) Dog food

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The same person going over the same route twice experiences _______________________________.

2. What kind of dog does Charley encounter at the rest area?

3. What does Steinbeck invite the Canadian family to do?

4. How is Steinbeck able to travel unnoticed?

5. What does Steinbeck do when he breaks camp the next morning?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Steinbeck's position on hunting?

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

3. What are Steinbeck's musings on junk?

4. Describe Steinbeck's encounter with the young sailor.

5. What does Steinbeck encounter that particularly unnerves him?

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

7. What have older people always told Steinbeck?

8. How does Steinbeck respond to his friends' concerns about the dangers of road travel?

9. Why are Steinbeck's friends concerned for his safety on the road?

10. Explain how Steinbeck interjects humor into the book.

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