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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Mrs. Wilson give Tom a paper from to write a note regarding Grampa's death when they bury him?
(a) A notepad.
(b) Her diary.
(c) A novel.
(d) Her Bible.

5. Who does Tom say visited at McAlester last Christmas with cornet music in Chapter 10?
(a) The Salvation Army.
(b) The Red Cross.
(c) The Girl Scouts of America.
(d) The Lutheran Church.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the pretty town that is described on the border of California in Chapter 12?

2. Where does Tom Joad first encounter Jim Casy in Chapter 4?

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

4. How long does Tom estimate it will take the Joads to reach their destination in Chapter 10?

5. How much does Tom say his liquor cost when he offers some to Casy in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information is related on the handbills that are discussed in Chapter 10?

2. Who are Tom's siblings and how old are they?

3. Where does Tom encounter Jim Casy? What is Casy doing when he encounters Tom?

4. Where does Tom Joad solicit a ride in Chapter 2? Who gives him a ride?

5. What hopes and aspirations do the Joad family members have for California before they set out?

6. How are the used car lot owners described in Chapter 7?

7. How are the circumstances of the landowners described in Chapter 5?

8. What were the causes of the Dust Bowl in America?

9. What is the spanse of Highway 66? What is the status of this road today?

10. Whom do Jim and Tom encounter at the Joad homestead in Chapter 6? How is this character described?

(see the answer keys)

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