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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What crop is growing across Tom's homestead when he arrives in Chapter 6?
(a) Grapes.
(b) Cotton.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Peaches.

2. What kind of preacher does Casy say he was in Chapter 4?
(a) An Anglican.
(b) A Burning Busher.
(c) A Healer.
(d) A Snake Charmer.

3. From what narrative point of view is The Grapes of Wrath related?
(a) Third person.
(b) First person.
(c) Seond person.
(d) Fourth person.

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

5. How does the narrator describe the sun in Chapter 1?
(a) White.
(b) Yello.
(c) Red.
(d) Gray.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does the tractor driver say he makes in a day in Chapter 5?

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

3. How many acres does Tom Joad say his father owns in Chapter 2?

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

5. What does Tom find on the sink shelf in the kitchen when he enters his abandoned homestead in Chapter 6?

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