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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. How does Tom describe his Uncle John?
(a) Crazy.
(b) Gregarious.
(c) Rich.
(d) Loving.

2. What is the tenant farmer holding as he watches the tractor wreck his home in Chapter 5?
(a) A bayonette.
(b) A rake.
(c) A rifle.
(d) A dagger.

3. What kind of animal does Casy describe as clinging with its jaws until one pries its head apart with a screwdriver in Chapter 13?
(a) Gila monster.
(b) Rabbit.
(c) Turtle.
(d) Fox.

4. What newspaper does Tom see curling in the corner of the kitchen in Chapter 6?
(a) The Philadelphia Ledger.
(b) The New York Times.
(c) The Times Picayune.
(d) The Phoenix Tribune.

5. For how long has Tom Joad been in prison when he is released?
(a) Five years.
(b) Four years.
(c) Six years.
(d) Two years.

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. What setting is described as where the swallows nest that Tom visits before leaving for California in Chapter 10?

3. Where does the tire salesmen say the police come from to turn away the migrants in Chapter 12?

4. What do the tractors in the novel represent symbolically?

5. The narrator states in Chapter 11, "... the machine man, driving a dead tractor on land he does not know and love, understands only" what (117)?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Grampa die? Where does he die?

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

3. What do the banks represent in the novel?

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

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

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

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

8. How does Tom's family respond upon seeing him in Chapter 8?

9. What symbolism is evoked by the tractors in Chapter 11?

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

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