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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long ago does Grampa say it was that his brother went out West to California in Chapter 10?
(a) 15 years ago.
(b) 40 years ago.
(c) 20 years ago.
(d) 10 years ago.

2. What highway is described as going from Clarksville and Ozark and Van Buren and Fort Smith through Arkansas in Chapter 12?
(a) Highway 45.
(b) Highway 101.
(c) Highway 62.
(d) Highway 34.

3. What does Tom find on the sink shelf in the kitchen when he enters his abandoned homestead in Chapter 6?
(a) A fully placed dinner that has rotten.
(b) A soup pan and a can of beans.
(c) A bottle of milk and a can of soup.
(d) A beer bottle opener and a broken fork.

4. The narrator describes Highway 66 as "the mother road, the road of" what, in Chapter 12 (119)?
(a) "Danger."
(b) "Flight."
(c) "Retribution."
(d) "The outlaw."

5. How does Tom describe his Uncle John?
(a) Loving.
(b) Rich.
(c) Gregarious.
(d) Crazy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the red ant attacks the turtle in Chapter 3?

2. How many people were in the family that was picked up by a sedan that pulled their trailer to California, according to the narrator in Chapter 12?

3. How are Tom Joad's clothes described in Chapter 2?

4. From what narrative point of view is The Grapes of Wrath related?

5. What kind of preacher does Casy say he was in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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