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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 23-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is referred to as "the monster" in Chapter 5 (36)?
(a) The bank.
(b) The tenant farmers.
(c) The government.
(d) Religion.

2. What does Al steal to make a ridge pole on the truck in Chapter 16?
(a) A pencil.
(b) A bayonette.
(c) A cabin door.
(d) A fence rail.

3. Whose music does Bill the truck driver's friend play on the phonograph in Chapter 15?
(a) Miles Davis's.
(b) Bing Crosby's.
(c) Frank Sinatra's.
(d) Bart Freeman's.

4. How far are the Joads and Wilsons from Albuquerque when the touring car breaks down in Chapter 16?
(a) 200 miles.
(b) 20 miles.
(c) 40 miles.
(d) 75 miles.

5. What newspaper does Tom see curling in the corner of the kitchen in Chapter 6?
(a) The Philadelphia Ledger.
(b) The Phoenix Tribune.
(c) The Times Picayune.
(d) The New York Times.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the pretty town that is described on the border of California in Chapter 12?

2. What musical instrument does the narrator describe as being easy to carry in Chapter 23?

3. What book does Tom say he mixes up with Scripture in Chapter 10?

4. Who does Tom say visited at McAlester last Christmas with cornet music in Chapter 10?

5. What does Rose of Sharon say Connie wants to study by correspondence in Chapter 16?

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