1. How long does Tom estimate it will take the Joads to reach their destination in Chapter 10?
(a) Two months.
(b) One month.
(c) One week.
(d) Two weeks.

2. About how old is the boy's father in the barn described as in Chapter 30?
(a) 20.
(b) 50.
(c) 30.
(d) 40.

3. What number campsite are the Joads given when they arrive at the Weedpatch camp in Chapter 22?
(a) Number 34.
(b) Number 12.
(c) Number 10.
(d) Number 4.

4. What is referred to as "the monster" in Chapter 5 (36)?
(a) The tenant farmers.
(b) The bank.
(c) Religion.
(d) The government.

5. Who among the migrants take on the duties of cooking dinner, according to the narrator in Chapter 17?
(a) The men.
(b) The children.
(c) The elders.
(d) The women.

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 does Winfield say he hit a boy at the camp that day in Chapter 26?

3. What does Al do with the tarpaulin that separates the rooms of the boxcar in Chapter 30?

4. What disease that caues inflammation of the spine is described in Chapter 21?

5. What kind of animal does Casy describe as clinging with its jaws until one pries its head apart with a screwdriver in Chapter 13?

(see the answer key)

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