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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where did Aunt Sadie get the china dog that is described in Chapter 9?
(a) The Illinois State Fair.
(b) New York City.
(c) The St. Louis Fair.
(d) Coney Island.

4. How long did it take Uncle John to come out of his stupor after his wife died?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Six years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Two months.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the truck driver describe a dance where someone was killed in Chapter 2?

2. How much does Tom say his liquor cost when he offers some to Casy in Chapter 4?

3. What is printed on the side of the red truck outside the roadside restaurant in Chapter 2?

4. What literary device is used in the following sentence from Chapter 2? "His hands were hard, with broad fingers and nails as thick and ridged as little clam shells" (9).

5. What does Tom describe Uncle John leaving on his pillow when he was a kid in Chapter 8?

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