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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. What sin does Casy say he committed after his fervent prayer meetings in Chapter 4?
(a) He had sex with girls in the grass.
(b) He overate.
(c) He smoked cigarettes and drank whiskey.
(d) He felt wrath for his constituents.

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

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

4. What does Tom describe Uncle John leaving on his pillow when he was a kid in Chapter 8?
(a) A pack of gum.
(b) A candy cane.
(c) A quarter.
(d) A walnut.

5. What town does one reach after crossing the desert when entering California by Highway 66, according to the narrator in Chapter 12?
(a) Tulare.
(b) Barstow.
(c) Barney.
(d) Lassen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What literary device is used in the following sentence from Chapter 2? "His hands were hard, with broad fingers and nails as thick and ridged as little clam shells" (9).

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

3. The narrator describes Highway 66 as "the mother road, the road of" what, in Chapter 12 (119)?

4. Who is the tractor driver's father in Chapter 5?

5. What crop is growing across Tom's homestead when he arrives in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jim Casy ask to accompany the Joads? Why do they let him?

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

3. What is the purpose of the author's focus on the turtle in Chapter 3?

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

5. Why does Tom take the turtle with him in Chapter 4?

6. What does Tom reveal about his past in Chapter 2?

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

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

9. What happens to the Joads' dog at the gas station in Chapter 13?

10. How does the narrator describe the exchange between the migrant and the tire-seller in Chapter 12?

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