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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the well on the Joad homestead described when Tom arrives in Chapter 6?
(a) Overflowing.
(b) Absent.
(c) Trickling.
(d) Dry.

2. What setting is described as where the swallows nest that Tom visits before leaving for California in Chapter 10?
(a) The willow tree.
(b) The roof.
(c) The shed.
(d) The red bank.

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

4. What does Tom Joad offer the truck driver a "snort" of in Chapter 2 (14)?
(a) Tequila.
(b) Gin.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Port.

5. What did Tom use to kill the man that pulled a knife on him in a bar fight?
(a) A hammer.
(b) A shovel.
(c) A flip-blade.
(d) A pistol.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is printed on the side of the red truck outside the roadside restaurant in Chapter 2?

2. Where does Tom Joad first encounter Jim Casy in Chapter 4?

3. How many acres does Tom Joad say his father owns in Chapter 2?

4. What does Tom find on the sink shelf in the kitchen when he enters his abandoned homestead in Chapter 6?

5. Of whom does Tom say in Chapter 8, "He's gettin' screwy like a gopher, livin' like he does" (69)?

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