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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much does the owner of the used car lot tell Jim to sell the Chevy for with the bad rear end in Chapter 7?
(a) $76.
(b) $55.
(c) $35.
(d) $47.

2. How much money does the tractor driver say he makes in a day in Chapter 5?
(a) $5.
(b) $3.
(c) $2.
(d) $1.

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

4. How long does Tom estimate it will take the Joads to reach their destination in Chapter 10?
(a) One month.
(b) Two months.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) One week.

5. What crop is growing across Tom's homestead when he arrives in Chapter 6?
(a) Peaches.
(b) Grapes.
(c) Cotton.
(d) Wheat.

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

7. How many people were in the family that was picked up by a sedan that pulled their trailer to California, according to the narrator in Chapter 12?
(a) 10.
(b) 7.
(c) 12.
(d) 5.

8. What is the tenant farmer holding as he watches the tractor wreck his home in Chapter 5?
(a) A rifle.
(b) A dagger.
(c) A rake.
(d) A bayonette.

9. What does the 40-year-old woman do as she approaches the turtle on the highway in Chapter 3?
(a) She swerves to avoid it.
(b) She stops her car and takes the turtle.
(c) She stops and honks.
(d) She swerves to hit it.

10. What does the sticker on the windshield of the truck say in Chapter 2?
(a) Fast Tracks.
(b) Fares Only.
(c) Hop In.
(d) No Riders.

11. Who drives the truck after the Joads leave the gas station in Chapter 13?
(a) Al.
(b) Pa.
(c) Tom.
(d) Winfield.

12. How is the well on the Joad homestead described when Tom arrives in Chapter 6?
(a) Overflowing.
(b) Absent.
(c) Dry.
(d) Trickling.

13. From what narrative point of view is The Grapes of Wrath related?
(a) First person.
(b) Seond person.
(c) Fourth person.
(d) Third person.

14. How many acres does Tom Joad say his father owns in Chapter 2?
(a) 20.
(b) 40.
(c) 10.
(d) 30.

15. The narrator describes Highway 66 as "the mother road, the road of" what, in Chapter 12 (119)?
(a) "The outlaw."
(b) "Danger."
(c) "Retribution."
(d) "Flight."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the dog that Tom recognizes among the others in Chapter 8?

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

3. Where is Ivy Wilson traveling West from?

4. Where does the truck driver describe a dance where someone was killed in Chapter 2?

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

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