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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Slabs of bacon.
(c) Noodles.
(d) Pork chops.

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

3. What does Timothy Wallace define a vagrant as in Chapter 24 (334)?
(a) "Anybody who don't have an address."
(b) "Anybody a cop don't like."
(c) "Anybody without money."
(d) "Anybody not from here."

4. Who is the waitress that the narrator says "really smiles with all her might at truck drivers" in Chapter 15 (155)?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Marie.
(c) Mae.
(d) Jane.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did the job pay that Pa and Uncle John missed out on that morning in Chapter 24?

2. How does Tom describe his Uncle John?

3. What does the father buy for his sons for a penny at the diner in Chapter 15?

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

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

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