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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Timothy Wallace's son?
(a) Jim.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Wilkie.
(d) Paul.

2. Who is the chairman of the Central Committee at the Weedpatch camp?
(a) Michael Stay.
(b) Ezra Huston.
(c) James Watkins.
(d) Jack Wilson.

3. In Chapter 16, the narrator says of the Joads and Wilsons, "Two days the families were in flight, but on the third the land was too huge for them and they settled into a new technique of living; the highways became their home and movement their medium of" what (164)?
(a) "Expression."
(b) "Solitude."
(c) "Prayer."
(d) "Observance."

4. By what name does the waitress call the truck driver Bill in Chapter 15?
(a) Big Bill the Rat.
(b) Bully Bill.
(c) Bill the Speedster.
(d) Bill the Bouncer.

5. Where does one of the tenants at Weedpatch describe the employees from the rubber companies going unionized in Chapter 24?
(a) Detroit.
(b) Memphis.
(c) New York.
(d) Akron.

6. How much money does the man offer for picking cotton that Ma encounters on her way back to the camp after seeing Tom in Chapter 28?
(a) 90 cents.
(b) 2 dollars.
(c) 65 cents.
(d) 40 cents.

7. What does the narrator say that the owners followed by importing "slaves" in Chapter 19?
(a) Rome.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) Israel.

8. How much does the farmer at the cotton ranch charge the workers for a bag for picking in Chapter 27?
(a) $1.
(b) $5.
(c) $4.
(d) $2.

9. What does Timothy Wallace define a vagrant as in Chapter 24 (334)?
(a) "Anybody a cop don't like."
(b) "Anybody not from here."
(c) "Anybody who don't have an address."
(d) "Anybody without money."

10. What does Ma catch Rose of Sharon sucking on after dinner in Chapter 26?
(a) A dirty piece of lime.
(b) A beef bone.
(c) A rotten pork chop.
(d) A chicken foot.

11. How much does Tom say Pa paid to get a painted piece of board stuck up over Granma in Chapter 20?
(a) $5.
(b) $25.
(c) $10.
(d) $4.

12. On what day of the week is the dance held at the Weedpatch camp in Chapter 24?
(a) Friday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Sunday.

13. What does Ma make to celebrate Al's engagement in Chapter 28?
(a) Pancakes.
(b) Chocolate cake.
(c) Peach cobbler.
(d) Waffles.

14. The stranger and his son that meets the Joads in the river in Chapter 18 tells them, "Well, Okie use' ta mean you was from Oklahoma. Now it means you're" what (205)?
(a) "A thieving jackass bandit."
(b) "A worse plight to humanity than roaches."
(c) "A nobody."
(d) "A dirty son-of-a-bitch."

15. 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) "Powerful."
(b) "Disappointed."
(c) "Married."
(d) "A narcissist."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ruthie beg Ma to get for her and Winfield at the store in Chapter 28?

2. Who is described as "bull-simple" at the migrant camp in Chapter 20 (244)?

3. How far are the Joads and Wilsons from Albuquerque when the touring car breaks down in Chapter 16?

4. How much money does Ma give to Tom when she goes to see him at his hideout in Chapter 28?

5. The narrator in Chapter 19 says that "represssion works only to" do what (238)?

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