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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 did Ruthie do when she got into a fight with a big girl at the cotton camp in Chapter 28?
(a) She told her that Tom killed two men and was hiding.
(b) She called the police.
(c) She told her that her mother was a witch.
(d) She punched her and knocked her out.

2. Who in the migrant camps generally are responsible for pitching the tents and bringing down the beds, according to the narrator in Chapter 17?
(a) The men.
(b) The elders.
(c) The children.
(d) The women.

3. What disease that caues inflammation of the spine is described in Chapter 21?
(a) Lymphoma.
(b) Rachitic disease.
(c) Pellagra.
(d) Cystic fybrosis.

4. What does the border guard ask if the Joads have when they get to the high country of Arizona?
(a) Any plants.
(b) Any water.
(c) Any children.
(d) Any food.

5. What is the name of the Wainwrights' teenage daughter?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Annie.
(c) Laura.
(d) Aggie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the Joads go to buy a new tin stove and overalls in Chapter 28?

2. Who is described as "bull-simple" at the migrant camp in Chapter 20 (244)?

3. What does Uncle John say he knows a guy growing crops of in Tulare in Chapter 26?

4. How much money does Ma give to Tom when she goes to see him at his hideout in Chapter 28?

5. What does Tom have for breakfast with fellow campers at the Weedpatch camp on his first morning there?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the Joads leave the Weedpatch camp? Where do they go next?

2. How do the farm owners benefit from the masses of the arriving Okies?

3. What are Rose of Sharon's hopes for the new land in California in Chapter 16?

4. What amenties are provided at the Weedpatch camp and how do the Joads respond to finding these amenities?

5. What departures are seen in Chapter 18? Who continues west?

6. How is Mae described in Chapter 15? Who is she excited to see?

7. Where is the Weedpatch camp located and how do the Joads find it?

8. Why does Ma refuse to leave Tom and Jim behind in Chapter 16?

9. How is the plot of the law enforcement thwarted in Chapter 24?

10. What leads to Jim's death and Tom's flight in Chapter 26?

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