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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During what historical era does The Grapes of Wrath take place?
(a) The Great Depression.
(b) The Victorian Era.
(c) The Renaissance.
(d) The Roaring Twenties.

2. What is printed on the side of the red truck outside the roadside restaurant in Chapter 2?
(a) Oklahoma Sanitation Department.
(b) Omaha Transport Company.
(c) Mississippi Transport Company.
(d) Oklahoma City Transport Company.

3. Who was the mother of the baby that was eaten by a pig next to the Joads'?
(a) Molly Rogers.
(b) Anna Winter.
(c) Dolly Parkins.
(d) Milly Jacobs.

4. Where does Tom Joad first encounter Jim Casy in Chapter 4?
(a) At the post office.
(b) In a cemetary.
(c) Under a willow tree.
(d) At the movie theater.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tom use to kill the man that pulled a knife on him in a bar fight?

2. Why does Tom take the turtle with him in Chapter 4?

3. What do the tractors in the novel represent symbolically?

4. What literary device is used in the following sentence from Chapter 2? "His hands were hard, with broad fingers and nails as thick and ridged as little clam shells" (9).

5. Approximately when did the Dust Bowl occur?

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