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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells the waitress to give the passing migrants a loaf of bread in Chapter 15?
(a) Al.
(b) Jack.
(c) Roger.
(d) Tom.

2. What does Rose of Sharon say Connie wants to study by correspondence in Chapter 16?
(a) Agriculture.
(b) Radio.
(c) Architecture.
(d) Mechanical engineering.

3. What is the name of the used car salesman that is addressed by the boss in Chapter 7?
(a) Jim.
(b) Jack.
(c) Pete.
(d) Mark.

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) "Observance."
(b) "Prayer."
(c) "Solitude."
(d) "Expression."

5. Of what does one of the listeners say he would "cord 'em up around me like wood, an I'd eat my way out" if he were rich in Chapter 23?
(a) Strip steak.
(b) Noodles.
(c) Pork chops.
(d) Slabs of bacon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Tom suggest stay behind with him to repair the car while the others go on west in Chapter 16?

3. Who drives the touring car as the Joads and Wilsons cross New Mexico in Chapter 16?

4. Who is the chairman of the Central Committee at the Weedpatch camp?

5. What does Timothy Wallace define a vagrant as in Chapter 24 (334)?

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