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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who among the migrants take on the duties of cooking dinner, according to the narrator in Chapter 17?
(a) The women.
(b) The men.
(c) The elders.
(d) The children.

2. Who in the migrant camps were generally responsible for fetching firewood and water, according to the narrator in Chapter 17?
(a) The men.
(b) The children.
(c) The women.
(d) The elders.

3. To whom did California once belong, according to the narrator in Chapter 19?
(a) The French.
(b) Italians.
(c) Mexicans.
(d) Canadians.

4. Why does Tom take the turtle with him in Chapter 4?
(a) To keep it in an aquarium.
(b) To set it free at his father's pond.
(c) To give it to his little brother.
(d) To give it to his little sister.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of animal does Casy describe as clinging with its jaws until one pries its head apart with a screwdriver in Chapter 13?

2. 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?

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

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

5. 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?

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