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

2. What do the great owners of the fruit orchards also own, according to the narrator in Chapter 25?
(a) Canneries.
(b) Mansions.
(c) Banks.
(d) Distilleries.

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

4. What are crops like lettuce, cauliflower, artichokes, and potatoes referred to as in Chapter 19?
(a) Standing crops.
(b) Top crops.
(c) Lost crops.
(d) Stoop crops.

5. What musical instrument does the narrator in Chapter 23 describe as rare and hard to learn?
(a) A trumpet.
(b) A fiddle.
(c) A banjo.
(d) A flute.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far are the Joads and Wilsons from Albuquerque when the touring car breaks down in Chapter 16?

2. In the line in which the title of the novel appears in Chapter 25, the narrator states, "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for" what (349)?

3. What does Ruthie beg Ma to get for her and Winfield at the store in Chapter 28?

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

5. What does Rose of Sharon say Connie wants to study by correspondence in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are Al's objectives at the Weedpatch camp's Saturday dance?

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

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

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

6. How do the families respond when they learn of Al's proposal for marriage with Aggie? Why?

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

8. How do the migrant societies entertain themselves, according to the narrator in Chapter 23?

9. How is the system of law and order developed among the migrant camps according to the narrator in Chapter 17?

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

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