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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 does the truck driver say he is hoping to study through correspondence school in Chapter 2?
(a) Mechanical engineering.
(b) Agriculture.
(c) Radios.
(d) Banking management.

2. Where does the truck driver describe a dance where someone was killed in Chapter 2?
(a) Sycamore.
(b) Sewannee.
(c) Nashville.
(d) Shawnee.

3. Who is the chairman of the Central Committee at the Weedpatch camp?
(a) Ezra Huston.
(b) James Watkins.
(c) Jack Wilson.
(d) Michael Stay.

4. What does Al steal to make a ridge pole on the truck in Chapter 16?
(a) A fence rail.
(b) A cabin door.
(c) A bayonette.
(d) A pencil.

5. How much does the owner of the used car lot tell Jim to sell the Chevy for with the bad rear end in Chapter 7?
(a) $47.
(b) $76.
(c) $35.
(d) $55.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the sticker on the windshield of the truck say in Chapter 2?

2. What does the driver of the truck do as it approaches the turtle on the highway in Chapter 3?

3. What apparently causes the rattling pound in the touring car in Chapter 16?

4. When the narrator describes a tractor in Chapter 11, he states, "The heat goes out of it like the living heat that leaves a corpse" (117). What literary device is employed in this sentence?

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

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