Cannery Row Quizzes

Cannery Row Quiz 1

1 Cannery Row is located in
Oregon

New York

Washington

California
2 The novel takes place during
the 1940s

the 1950s

the 1930s

the 1920s
3 Cannery Row's economy is centered around
brewing beer

manufacturing

canning sardines

medicine
4 Steinbeck describes Cannery Row as all of the following except
a habit

a dream

a mess

nostalgia
5 Steinbeck says the people in Cannery Row are
Everybody

Anybody

Somebody

No one
6 Which of the following does NOT describe Lee Chong?
He is well-liked

His store is rather empty

He gets into trouble with Chinese gangs

He is generous with credit - to an extent
7 What did Lee Chong buy from Horace Abbeville?
A truck

A pipe

A warehouse

The boiler
8 Who lives in the Palace Flophouse and Grill?
Gay and his wife

Frankie

Mack and the boys

Mr. and Mrs. Malloy
9 The novel incorporates some of the philosophy of
Lao Tze

Plato

Foucault

Kierkegaard
10 Who is Alfred?
The watchman at the Bear Flag

The gas station owner

The skater

The bartender at La Ida
11 Henri is not much of an artist, but he demonstrates his skill while
fixing cars

building a boat

collecting specimens

skating around a pole
12 Dora's brothel is
always in trouble with the law

squalid

unpopular

clean and well-run
13 Why does William commit suicide?
He has woman troubles

He runs out of money

He can't find a job

Mack and the boys do not like him
14 What does young Andy see in the Chinese man's eyes?
Heaven

A massive city

A barren landscape

A man killing a child
15 All of the following describe Doc except
intelligent

heartless

short and wiry

bearded
16 Who collects specimens with Doc?
Hughie

Eddie

Jones

Hazel
17 The tide pool is a symbol of
the 1930s

Cannery Row itself

America

heaven and hell
18 Why does Doc think the stink bugs put their butts in the air?
They are enticing a mate

He does not know

They are praying

They are fighting
19 Which of the boys is a part-time bartender?
Hazel

Hughie

Eddie

Mack
20 Who spearheads the effort to do something nice for Doc?
Lee Chong

Mack

Frankie

Dora
21 Who moves into the boiler?
Mack and the boys

Doc

Mr. and Mrs. Malloy

Bums
22 Mrs. Malloy demonstrates a tendency towards
apathy

domestication

violence

religiosity
23 How does Mack get money for the first party?
He steals it.

He borrows it.

He works at the cannery.

He collects frogs.
24 How does Doc feel about Mac?
He does not care for him.

He likes him, but is weary of him.

He trusts him implicitly.

He thinks Mack is a loser.
25 Which of the boys is a mechanic?
Mack

Eddie

Gay

Hughie

The novel celebrates the Everyman, or, as Steinbeck writes in the prologue, Everybody. His characters, so lovingly crafted, are prostitutes, bums, Chinese grocers, married couples who live in boilers, and socially awkward youths. Steinbeck does...

Asked by Eleni T #457225

Answered by jill d #170087 on 11/29/2023 7:30 PM