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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ruthie describe in the picture she saw of the desert once in Chapter 18?
(a) Bones.
(b) Cacti.
(c) Clouds.
(d) Palm trees.

2. What song is played for the migrants to square dance to at the dance in Chapter 24?
(a) "Chicken Reel."
(b) "Grab and Dance."
(c) "Mountain Banjo Song."
(d) "Dosey Do."

3. Who offers Tom some Durham tobacco for a smoke at the meeting of the men at the camp in Chapter 26?
(a) Jack.
(b) Jule.
(c) Roger.
(d) Jim.

4. How much money does Timothy Wallace say he had to sell his car for in Chapter 22?
(a) $20.
(b) $56.
(c) $60.
(d) $10.

5. How old is the son that is described as killing a deputy with a .22 rifle in Lawrenceville in Chapter 19?
(a) 13.
(b) 16.
(c) 11.
(d) 9.

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

7. What happens with the Joads' car after they pass Bakersfield heading north in Chapter 26?
(a) It runs out of gas.
(b) Its engine overheats.
(c) It gets a flat tire.
(d) It hits a deer.

8. Where does the man at the migrant camp say he and his wife are going up north while he works on his car in Chapter 20?
(a) Redding.
(b) Salinas.
(c) Montague.
(d) Eureka.

9. 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 dirty son-of-a-bitch."
(b) "A worse plight to humanity than roaches."
(c) "A thieving jackass bandit."
(d) "A nobody."

10. What does Uncle John say he knows a guy growing crops of in Tulare in Chapter 26?
(a) Strawberries.
(b) Apples.
(c) Cotton.
(d) Pears.

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

12. What are crops like lettuce, cauliflower, artichokes, and potatoes referred to as in Chapter 19?
(a) Standing crops.
(b) Stoop crops.
(c) Lost crops.
(d) Top crops.

13. Where do the Joads go to buy a new tin stove and overalls in Chapter 28?
(a) Montague.
(b) Barstow.
(c) Tulare.
(d) Sacramento.

14. Who drives the touring car as the Joads and Wilsons cross New Mexico in Chapter 16?
(a) Ma.
(b) Pa.
(c) Tom.
(d) Al.

15. Who is described as "bull-simple" at the migrant camp in Chapter 20 (244)?
(a) The Mayor.
(b) The Mobster.
(c) The Nurse.
(d) The Butcher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the neighbors to the Joads at the cotton ranch in Chapter 28?

2. What musical instrument does the narrator in Chapter 23 describe as rare and hard to learn?

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

4. In what type of housing unit do the Joads live while working cotton in Chapter 28?

5. Whose music does Bill the truck driver's friend play on the phonograph in Chapter 15?

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