Cannery Row Questions  Chapters 1-6

Chapter 1

1.  Give 5 concrete details that describe what Lee Chong looks like

2.  When did he leave the store?

3.  Why did Lee let Mack and the boys live in the flophouse?

4.  What does the Horace Abbeville story illustrate about Lee's personality?

1.   Who is Mack?

2.  Who are the boys?

3.  What is there relationship with Lee?

Chapter 2 an interchapter

1.  How do Mack and the boys fit in to a world that is aimed at prosperity, success, ambition, hard work, stress and illness?

Chapter 3

1.  What kind of business does Dora run?

2.  How is her business described?

3.  What does she look like?

4.  What is her personality?  How is she as an employer and member of the Row community?

5.  Explain the hypocrisy/double standard that the town has toward Dora.

6.  Summarize the sad tale of William

Chapter 4  an interchapter:  Old Chinaman

1.  How is the Chinaman described?

2.  What did Andy think he saw that frightened him?

Chapter 5

1.  What does the Western Biological Laboratory sell?  Give two specific examples

2.  List three concrete details of description of Doc's appearance.

3.  What are 7 things you can see in Doc's lab?

4.  What are four things you can smell?

5.  What great fear does Doc have?

Chapter 6

1.  What mental habit did Doc have that he couldn't get over?

2.  What kind of activities are going on in the Great Tide Pool

3.  What is the relationship between Hazel and Doc in this chapter?  How does Hazel's personal quirk match will with the Doc's?

4.  Henri is an artist who is building a boat.  How long has he been building the boat?

5.  What is peculiar about Henri and the boat?