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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What song is played for the migrants to square dance to at the dance in Chapter 24?
(a) "Grab and Dance."
(b) "Chicken Reel."
(c) "Mountain Banjo Song."
(d) "Dosey Do."

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

3. What does the narrator describe as the only two punishments for breaking the unspoken laws within the migrant camps in Chapter 17?
(a) A quick and murderous fight or ostracism.
(b) Enforced slavery or execution.
(c) Imprisonment or public execution.
(d) Community service or ostracism.

4. How much did the job pay that Pa and Uncle John missed out on that morning in Chapter 24?
(a) 30 cents an hour.
(b) 50 cents an hour.
(c) 20 cents an hour.
(d) 40 cents an hour.

5. Where do the Joads go to the coroner's office in Chapter 20?
(a) Bakersfield.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Barstow.
(d) Fresno.

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

7. Jim Casy says in Chapter 18, "I ain't tryin' to preach no sermon, but I never seen nobody that's busy as a prairie dog collectin' stuff that wasn't" what (207)?
(a) "Married."
(b) "Powerful."
(c) "Disappointed."
(d) "A narcissist."

8. To whom did California once belong, according to the narrator in Chapter 19?
(a) The French.
(b) Canadians.
(c) Italians.
(d) Mexicans.

9. Where does the man at the migrant camp say he and his wife are going up north while he works on his car in Chapter 20?
(a) Salinas.
(b) Montague.
(c) Redding.
(d) Eureka.

10. The narrator in Chapter 19 says that "represssion works only to" do what (238)?
(a) "Atone for the past."
(b) "Strengthen and knit the oppressed."
(c) "Bring forth common enemies."
(d) "Bring forth structure and the word of God."

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

12. By what name does the waitress call the truck driver Bill in Chapter 15?
(a) Bully Bill.
(b) Big Bill the Rat.
(c) Bill the Bouncer.
(d) Bill the Speedster.

13. What does Ma make to celebrate Al's engagement in Chapter 28?
(a) Peach cobbler.
(b) Chocolate cake.
(c) Pancakes.
(d) Waffles.

14. The narrator states in Chapter 19, "And while the Californians wanted many things, accumulation, social success, amusement, luxury, and a curious banking security, the new barbarians wanted only two things..." (233). What were the two things that the Okies wanted?
(a) Land and food.
(b) Money and security.
(c) Success and adventure.
(d) Family and friends.

15. On what day of the week is the dance held at the Weedpatch camp in Chapter 24?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Friday.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what name are the Okies' encampments called?

2. Where do the Joads and Wilsons stop to camp after crossing into California?

3. Who in the migrant camps were generally responsible for fetching firewood and water, according to the narrator in Chapter 17?

4. What setting is described as "the top of it all" in Arizona in Chapter 18 (201)?

5. What does the guard of the Weedpatch camp say that the Central Committee voted regarding preachers in the camp?

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