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Cannery Row

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Cannery Row

John Steinbeck

Review Quiz

Cannery Row is a part of what city?

(A) San Francisco, California

(B) Galveston, Texas

(D) Mobile, Alabama

Which of the following unusual structures does not serve as a home for a character in the book?

(A) Empty aquarium tank

(B) Rusted-out cannery boiler

(D) Fish-meal storage shed

Doc's Western Biological Laboratory is:

(A) A medical laboratory

(B) A supplier of specimens for research

(D) A drug-manufacturing company

Lee Chong's grocery is successful because:

(A) No one wants to walk up the hill to another grocery store.

(B) Lee Chong will extend credit to his customers.

(D) All of the above

On his trip to La Jolla, Doc finally tries something he's been wanting to try for a long time, which is:

(A) Sushi

(B) A manhattan

(D) Pineapple pie

Eddie has had many jobs, including the position of:

(A) Substitute bartender

(B) Grocery clerk

(D) Auto mechanic

What does Frankie try to steal as a gift for Doc?

(A) A puppy

(B) Whiskey

(D) A clock

Which of the following is the town brothel?

(A) The Bear Flag Restaurant

(B) The Palace Flophouse and Grill

(D) La Ida

What disaster hits the town at the busiest time of year for the brothel?

(A) A fire

(B) A flu epidemic

(D) A drought

Who gives the two parties for Doc?

(A) The girls from the Bear Flag

(B) Lee Chong

(D) Mary Talbot

Which of the following characters does NOT commit suicide?

(A) Joey's father

(B) The Bear Flag's previous watchman

(D) Horace Abbeville

The Captain's wife is gone because she has a successful career as:

(A) A suffragette

(B) A pro-temperance speaker

(D) A legislator

Why do Mack and the boys go up to Carmel Valley?

(A) To collect frogs

(B) To steal chickens

(D) To go camping

Mrs. Malloy gets upset when her husband will not allow her to get which of the following for their boiler home?

(A) Flowers

(B) A new bedspread

(D) A painting for the wall

Which of "the boys" has a wife?

(A) Mack

(B) Hazel

(D) Gay

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