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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 much money does it cost the Joads to stay at the Weedpatch camp weekly?
(a) $3.
(b) $1.
(c) $4.
(d) $5.

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

3. The narrator describes Highway 66 as "the mother road, the road of" what, in Chapter 12 (119)?
(a) "The outlaw."
(b) "Danger."
(c) "Retribution."
(d) "Flight."

4. What does Mrs. Wilson give Tom a paper from to write a note regarding Grampa's death when they bury him?
(a) A notepad.
(b) A novel.
(c) Her diary.
(d) Her Bible.

5. 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) Rabbit.
(b) Gila monster.
(c) Fox.
(d) Turtle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book does Tom say he mixes up with Scripture in Chapter 10?

2. Who does Tom describe having sex in a barn when he brought a heifer to mate with a bull in Chapter 8?

3. Who does Tom suggest stay behind with him to repair the car while the others go on west in Chapter 16?

4. During what historical era does The Grapes of Wrath take place?

5. Who does Tom inform that he is leaving to try to get a job on the Joads' first morning at the Weedpatch camp?

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