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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Highway 66 is described as what in the beginning of Chapter 12?
(a) The Trail of Tears.
(b) The road to Shangri La.
(c) The road to the forgotten land.
(d) The main migrant road.

3. Of whom does Tom say in Chapter 8, "He's gettin' screwy like a gopher, livin' like he does" (69)?
(a) Roger.
(b) Muley.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Pete.

4. Who is described as "bull-simple" at the migrant camp in Chapter 20 (244)?
(a) The Nurse.
(b) The Butcher.
(c) The Mobster.
(d) The Mayor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rose of Sharon say Connie wants to study by correspondence in Chapter 16?

2. The narrator describes Highway 66 as "the mother road, the road of" what, in Chapter 12 (119)?

3. By what name are the Okies' encampments called?

4. By what name does the waitress call the truck driver Bill in Chapter 15?

5. What does Tom Joad offer the truck driver a "snort" of in Chapter 2 (14)?

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