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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 29-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Ma tells Tom in the beginning of Chapter 26 that he has no right to get what?
(a) Discouraged.
(b) Angry.
(c) Boisterous.
(d) Sullen.

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

4. What setting is described as where the swallows nest that Tom visits before leaving for California in Chapter 10?
(a) The red bank.
(b) The roof.
(c) The willow tree.
(d) The shed.

5. Jim Casy says in Chapter 18, "I ain't tryin' to preach no sermon, but I never seen nobody that's busy as a prairie dog collectin' stuff that wasn't" what (207)?
(a) "Disappointed."
(b) "Married."
(c) "Powerful."
(d) "A narcissist."

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the red ant attacks the turtle in Chapter 3?

2. Who is the chairman of the Central Committee at the Weedpatch camp?

3. What does Tom say his father strung up in a tree that he points out in the fields in Chapter 8?

4. Where does the man on the highway tell the Joads to go work picking peaches in Chapter 26?

5. Where does Ma have the boys go while Rose of Sharon stays with the man in the barn in Chapter 30?

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