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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the pretty town that is described on the border of California in Chapter 12?
(a) Needles.
(b) Fremont.
(c) Wilkins.
(d) Jackson.

2. How are Tom Joad's clothes described in Chapter 2?
(a) Cheap and new.
(b) Old and ragged.
(c) Covered in mud.
(d) Expensive and new.

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

4. Who is Rose of Sharon married to?
(a) Mark.
(b) Connie.
(c) Wilson.
(d) Max.

5. What does Tom tell the gas station owner will be the cause for him to move too in Chapter 13?
(a) The yellow gas stations.
(b) The crops.
(c) The incoming technology.
(d) The lack of produce.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who drives the truck after the Joads leave the gas station in Chapter 13?

2. How does Tom describe his Uncle John?

3. How many cars a day does the man at the gas station say he sees pass on their way to move West in Chapter 13?

4. What does Tom Joad offer the truck driver a "snort" of in Chapter 2 (14)?

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?

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