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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far are the Joads and Wilsons from Albuquerque when the touring car breaks down in Chapter 16?
(a) 200 miles.
(b) 40 miles.
(c) 20 miles.
(d) 75 miles.

2. Jim Casy says in Chapter 18, "I ain't tryin' to preach no sermon, but I never seen nobody that's busy as a prairie dog collectin' stuff that wasn't" what (207)?
(a) "Powerful."
(b) "Married."
(c) "Disappointed."
(d) "A narcissist."

3. What is the tenant farmer holding as he watches the tractor wreck his home in Chapter 5?
(a) A dagger.
(b) A rifle.
(c) A bayonette.
(d) A rake.

4. Where do the Joads stop at a bridge and the guard washes off the windshield sticker in Arizona in Chapter 18?
(a) The Arkansas River.
(b) The Colorado River.
(c) The Sacramento River.
(d) The Merced River.

5. What sound awakens Tom as he sleeps in the truck on the Joads' first night at the Weedpatch camp?
(a) Clashing iron.
(b) Gunshots.
(c) Howling coyotes.
(d) Howling wolves.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the well on the Joad homestead described when Tom arrives in Chapter 6?

2. In the line in which the title of the novel appears in Chapter 25, the narrator states, "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for" what (349)?

3. Where does the man on the highway tell the Joads to go work picking peaches in Chapter 26?

4. Where does one of the tenants at Weedpatch describe the employees from the rubber companies going unionized in Chapter 24?

5. What does Ma catch Rose of Sharon sucking on after dinner in Chapter 26?

(see the answer key)

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