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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sound awakens Tom as he sleeps in the truck on the Joads' first night at the Weedpatch camp?
(a) Howling coyotes.
(b) Clashing iron.
(c) Gunshots.
(d) Howling wolves.

2. Where do the Joads and Wilsons stop to camp after crossing into California?
(a) Burney.
(b) Monmouth.
(c) Lassen.
(d) Needles.

3. 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) Strip steak.
(b) Pork chops.
(c) Slabs of bacon.
(d) Noodles.

4. What musical instrument does the narrator in Chapter 23 describe as rare and hard to learn?
(a) A banjo.
(b) A trumpet.
(c) A fiddle.
(d) A flute.

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

6. What is the name of the neighbors to the Joads at the cotton ranch in Chapter 28?
(a) The Wilsons.
(b) The Kimbles.
(c) The Charlestons.
(d) The Wainwrights.

7. What apparently causes the rattling pound in the touring car in Chapter 16?
(a) Radiator.
(b) Con-rod bearing.
(c) Loose gasket.
(d) Broken rims.

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

9. What does Al steal to make a ridge pole on the truck in Chapter 16?
(a) A bayonette.
(b) A fence rail.
(c) A cabin door.
(d) A pencil.

10. What is Jule Vitela's heritage described as in Chapter 24?
(a) Half black.
(b) Half Cherokee.
(c) Mexican.
(d) Full-blooded Cherokee.

11. How much money does Ma give to Tom when she goes to see him at his hideout in Chapter 28?
(a) $7.
(b) $9.
(c) $2.
(d) $3.

12. What did Ruthie do when she got into a fight with a big girl at the cotton camp in Chapter 28?
(a) She punched her and knocked her out.
(b) She called the police.
(c) She told her that Tom killed two men and was hiding.
(d) She told her that her mother was a witch.

13. What does the border guard ask if the Joads have when they get to the high country of Arizona?
(a) Any food.
(b) Any plants.
(c) Any water.
(d) Any children.

14. What does the narrator describe as the only two punishments for breaking the unspoken laws within the migrant camps in Chapter 17?
(a) Imprisonment or public execution.
(b) Enforced slavery or execution.
(c) Community service or ostracism.
(d) A quick and murderous fight or ostracism.

15. The narrator states in Chapter 19, "And while the Californians wanted many things, accumulation, social success, amusement, luxury, and a curious banking security, the new barbarians wanted only two things..." (233). What were the two things that the Okies wanted?
(a) Land and food.
(b) Success and adventure.
(c) Family and friends.
(d) Money and security.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom did California once belong, according to the narrator in Chapter 19?

2. What does Timothy Wallace define a vagrant as in Chapter 24 (334)?

3. 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?

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

5. Who among the migrants take on the duties of cooking dinner, according to the narrator in Chapter 17?

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