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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Al do with the tarpaulin that separates the rooms of the boxcar in Chapter 30?
(a) He burns it.
(b) He makes a raft from it.
(c) He puts it over the car.
(d) He uses it as a cotton sack.

2. Of what does one of the listeners say he would "cord 'em up around me like wood, an I'd eat my way out" if he were rich in Chapter 23?
(a) Slabs of bacon.
(b) Pork chops.
(c) Noodles.
(d) Strip steak.

3. Where does the man on the highway tell the Joads to go work picking peaches in Chapter 26?
(a) Rossfield Ranch.
(b) Rogers Ranch.
(c) Hooper ranch.
(d) Double R Ranch.

4. What type of red flower does Ruthie pick as the Joads make their way toward the barn in Chapter 30?
(a) A chrysanthemum.
(b) A rose.
(c) A geranium.
(d) An Indian paintbrush.

5. Who were the only people in California that were happy about the Okies pouring in, according to the narrator in Chapter 21?
(a) The hotel owners.
(b) The farm owners.
(c) The shop owners.
(d) The gold panners.

Short Answer Questions

1. What number campsite are the Joads given when they arrive at the Weedpatch camp in Chapter 22?

2. What does Al suggest building a platform from in the boxcar in Chapter 30?

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

4. By what name are the Okies' encampments called?

5. What does Winfield say he hit a boy at the camp that day in Chapter 26?

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