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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 national park does Steinbeck visit while in Montana?
(a) The Grand Canyon
(b) Yosemite National Park
(c) Yellowstone National Park
(d) Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail

2. What prevents Steinbeck from moving to the answer to #126?
(a) There are no major league baseball teams.
(b) There are no big cities.
(c) There is no ocean.
(d) There are no great restaurants.

3. What does a friend want Steinbeck to bring back from his trip?
(a) Any honest men
(b) Rocks from the mountains
(c) Tumbleweed from the desert
(d) Beer from all the states he visits

4. What impresses Steinbeck at the rest stops?
(a) The variety of goods in the vending machines
(b) The friendliness of other travelers
(c) The really clean facilities
(d) The dog walking areas

5. What does the park ranger warn Steinbeck about as he enters the answer to #130?
(a) Coyotes
(b) Extreme temperatures
(c) Falling rocks
(d) Bears

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Steinbeck's last stop in California?

2. Which author wrote that you can't go home again?

3. What are the Bad Lands like during the day?

4. What is the source of trouble Steinbeck runs into while trying to cross the border into Canada?

5. Aside from the unpleasant family visit, how does Steinbeck find the Monterey Peninsula?

Short Essay Questions

1. What effect is the Cold War having on average Americans?

2. How does Steinbeck perceive Seattle?

3. How does Steinbeck diffuse a father and son fight when he rents a cabin one night?

4. Explain how the Badlands are a study in opposites.

5. What does Steinbeck admire most about Texans?

6. Why does Steinbeck fall in love with Montana?

7. Explain the irony in the scene where Steinbeck and Charley explore a sequoia grove.

8. Why is the rock with the mica in it so important to Steinbeck?

9. What is Steinbeck's intention for stopping at Sauk Centre, Minnesota?

10. What does Steinbeck encounter in New Orleans that sickens him?

(see the answer keys)

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