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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 much money does Pa say they have left once the Joads reach California and camp for the day in Chapter 18?
(a) $30.
(b) $30.
(c) $50.
(d) $40.

2. By what name are the Okies' encampments called?
(a) Weedpatches.
(b) Hoovervilles.
(c) Ghettos.
(d) Country Villages.

3. What does the narrator say that the owners followed by importing "slaves" in Chapter 19?
(a) Germany.
(b) Israel.
(c) Rome.
(d) France.

4. How far are the Joads and Wilsons from Albuquerque when the touring car breaks down in Chapter 16?
(a) 20 miles.
(b) 40 miles.
(c) 75 miles.
(d) 200 miles.

5. About how long does Al tell his girlfriend the Joads will be gone up north in Chapter 26?
(a) Six months.
(b) Two months.
(c) A month.
(d) A year.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what type of housing unit do the Joads live while working cotton in Chapter 28?

2. What musical instrument does the narrator in Chapter 23 describe as rare and hard to learn?

3. What do the great owners of the fruit orchards also own, according to the narrator in Chapter 25?

4. What musical instrument does the narrator describe as being easy to carry in Chapter 23?

5. On what day of the week is the dance held at the Weedpatch camp in Chapter 24?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the migrant and his son ask for at the diner in Chapter 15? What do they receive?

2. What are the impacts of industrialization in agriculture according to the narrator in Chapter 21?

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

4. What do the Joads and Wilsons discover from the migrant who is returning east at the camp in Chapter 18?

5. What cruelty does the narrator describe in Chapter 25?

6. How is the Joads' new home described in Chapter 28?

7. Who are the Joads' neighbors in Chapter 28? How are they described?

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

9. What does the committe discover before the Weedpatch dance in Chapter 24?

10. Who is Floyd Knowles and why is he almost killed?

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