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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tom describe Uncle John leaving on his pillow when he was a kid in Chapter 8?
(a) A quarter.
(b) A candy cane.
(c) A pack of gum.
(d) A walnut.

2. What kind of animal does Casy describe as clinging with its jaws until one pries its head apart with a screwdriver in Chapter 13?
(a) Gila monster.
(b) Fox.
(c) Turtle.
(d) Rabbit.

3. What happens to the Joads' dog in Chapter 13?
(a) It runs away.
(b) It starves to death.
(c) It is hit by a car.
(d) It is shot.

4. How many cars a day does the man at the gas station say he sees pass on their way to move West in Chapter 13?
(a) 300-350 cars a day.
(b) 50-60 cars a day.
(c) 200-250 cars a day.
(d) 100-200 cars a day.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Rose of Sharon married to?

2. Where did Aunt Sadie get the china dog that is described in Chapter 9?

3. The stranger and his son that meets the Joads in the river in Chapter 18 tells them, "Well, Okie use' ta mean you was from Oklahoma. Now it means you're" what (205)?

4. What does Tom say his father strung up in a tree that he points out in the fields in Chapter 8?

5. How far does Ma say it is to where they're going in Chapter 10?

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