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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During what historical era does The Grapes of Wrath take place?
(a) The Great Depression.
(b) The Roaring Twenties.
(c) The Victorian Era.
(d) The Renaissance.

2. Whose pigtails does Tom say he was pulling on the day he was baptized in Chapter 4?
(a) Mary Smart's.
(b) Susy Little's.
(c) Mae Rogers'.
(d) Annie Wilson's.

3. What parts of a car does the narrator say "can rattle till Jesus comes again with no harm" in Chapter 12 (120)?
(a) Con-rods.
(b) Rims.
(c) Radiators.
(d) Tappets.

4. How long does Tom estimate it will take the Joads to reach their destination in Chapter 10?
(a) Two months.
(b) One month.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) One week.

5. When the narrator describes a tractor in Chapter 11, he states, "The heat goes out of it like the living heat that leaves a corpse" (117). What literary device is employed in this sentence?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Simile.
(c) Assonance.
(d) Metaphor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is referred to as "the monster" in Chapter 5 (36)?

2. Where does Tom Joad first encounter Jim Casy in Chapter 4?

3. What does Tom find on the sink shelf in the kitchen when he enters his abandoned homestead in Chapter 6?

4. 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?

5. What is the name of the dog that Tom recognizes among the others in Chapter 8?

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