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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. From what narrative point of view is The Grapes of Wrath related?
(a) First person.
(b) Third person.
(c) Fourth person.
(d) Seond person.

2. How far does Ma say it is to where they're going in Chapter 10?
(a) 1,000 miles.
(b) 3,000 miles.
(c) 1,500 miles.
(d) 2,000 miles.

3. What does Tom tell the gas station owner will be the cause for him to move too in Chapter 13?
(a) The incoming technology.
(b) The yellow gas stations.
(c) The crops.
(d) The lack of produce.

4. How long does Tom say he has been away from home in Chapter 4?
(a) Two years.
(b) Eight years.
(c) Six years.
(d) Four years.

5. What does Tom find on the sink shelf in the kitchen when he enters his abandoned homestead in Chapter 6?
(a) A soup pan and a can of beans.
(b) A fully placed dinner that has rotten.
(c) A bottle of milk and a can of soup.
(d) A beer bottle opener and a broken fork.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom describe Uncle John leaving on his pillow when he was a kid in Chapter 8?

2. How are Tom Joad's clothes described in Chapter 2?

3. Who is Rose of Sharon married to?

4. How many people were in the family that was picked up by a sedan that pulled their trailer to California, according to the narrator in Chapter 12?

5. 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).

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does the narrator describe the vacant farmsteads in Chapter 11?

4. Why do the Joads and Wilsons decide to travel together?

5. What information does Tom reveal about Uncle John in Chapter 8?

6. Why did Jim Casy give up the ministry?

7. What does Tom discover when he reaches his family's homestead in Chapter 6?

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

9. Describe the setting of Oklahoma as introduced in Chapter 1. What are the circumstances of the inhabitants here?

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

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