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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Grampa Joad die from in Chapter 13?
(a) A stroke.
(b) A heart attack.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Gunshot wound.

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

4. What book does Ma say Tom's Pa's pa confused with Scripture in Chapter 10?
(a) The Winning of Barbara Worth.
(b) The Virgen de Fatima.
(c) Dr. Miles' Almanac.
(d) A Lost World.

5. What highway is described as going from Clarksville and Ozark and Van Buren and Fort Smith through Arkansas in Chapter 12?
(a) Highway 34.
(b) Highway 62.
(c) Highway 45.
(d) Highway 101.

6. What does Tom say is the first thing that kids do when they know a house is empty in Chapter 6?
(a) Throw rocks at the windows.
(b) Come inside to steal things.
(c) Call the police.
(d) Make up ghost stories.

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

8. What do the tractors in the novel represent symbolically?
(a) The Industrial Age.
(b) The birth of innocence.
(c) The education system.
(d) The accomplishments of intelligence.

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

10. How long had Uncle John been married when his wife died?
(a) Six months.
(b) Two months.
(c) Four months.
(d) Eight months.

11. What literary device is used in the following sentence from Chapter 2? "His hands were hard, with broad fingers and nails as thick and ridged as little clam shells" (9).
(a) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Literary allusion.
(d) Simile.

12. Who was the mother of the baby that was eaten by a pig next to the Joads'?
(a) Molly Rogers.
(b) Dolly Parkins.
(c) Milly Jacobs.
(d) Anna Winter.

13. Where does the tire salesmen say the police come from to turn away the migrants in Chapter 12?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Lassen.
(d) Barstow.

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

15. How much does Tom say his liquor cost when he offers some to Casy in Chapter 4?
(a) $2.
(b) $3.
(c) $1.
(d) $4.

Short Answer Questions

1. What crop is growing across Tom's homestead when he arrives in Chapter 6?

2. Whose pigtails does Tom say he was pulling on the day he was baptized in Chapter 4?

3. Who is driving the car in the beginning of Chapter 13?

4. Highway 66 is described as what in the beginning of Chapter 12?

5. What book does the author reference in Chapter 9?

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