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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 23-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose music does Bill the truck driver's friend play on the phonograph in Chapter 15?
(a) Miles Davis's.
(b) Frank Sinatra's.
(c) Bing Crosby's.
(d) Bart Freeman's.

2. How long did it take Uncle John to come out of his stupor after his wife died?
(a) Two years.
(b) Six years.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Two months.

3. Who does Tom describe having sex in a barn when he brought a heifer to mate with a bull in Chapter 8?
(a) Gerald Smith.
(b) Willy Feely.
(c) Cane Rogers.
(d) Jack Simpson.

4. In Chapter 16, the narrator says of the Joads and Wilsons, "Two days the families were in flight, but on the third the land was too huge for them and they settled into a new technique of living; the highways became their home and movement their medium of" what (164)?
(a) "Solitude."
(b) "Prayer."
(c) "Observance."
(d) "Expression."

5. What is the name of the dog that Tom recognizes among the others in Chapter 8?
(a) Pete.
(b) Flash.
(c) Mittens.
(d) Johnny.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the chairman of the entertainment at the Weedpatch camp?

2. What did Uncle John's wife presumably die from?

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

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

5. What apparently causes the rattling pound in the touring car in Chapter 16?

(see the answer key)

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