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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who in the migrant camps generally are responsible for pitching the tents and bringing down the beds, according to the narrator in Chapter 17?
(a) The elders.
(b) The women.
(c) The men.
(d) The children.

2. What does Tom say his father strung up in a tree that he points out in the fields in Chapter 8?
(a) A chicken.
(b) A snake.
(c) A coyote.
(d) A gopher.

3. What does Grampa Joad die from in Chapter 13?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Gunshot wound.
(c) A stroke.
(d) A heart attack.

4. What did Uncle John's wife presumably die from?
(a) A burst appendix.
(b) A brain aneurism.
(c) A fall.
(d) Suicide.

5. What is Ivy Wilson's wife's name?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Opal.
(c) Sairy.
(d) Mona.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tom describe his Uncle John?

2. What setting is described as where the swallows nest that Tom visits before leaving for California in Chapter 10?

3. Where do the Joads and Wilsons stop to camp after crossing into California?

4. What symbolism is evoked by the turtle in Chapter 3?

5. How far is it from Sallisaw to Gore?

(see the answer key)

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