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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the tractor driver's father in Chapter 5?
(a) Joe Davis.
(b) John Wilkins.
(c) James Rogers.
(d) Gerald Ross.

2. How are Tom Joad's clothes described in Chapter 2?
(a) Covered in mud.
(b) Cheap and new.
(c) Expensive and new.
(d) Old and ragged.

3. What does the driver of the truck do as it approaches the turtle on the highway in Chapter 3?
(a) It swerves to avoid it.
(b) It stops and honks.
(c) It stops and backs over the turtle.
(d) It swerves to hit it.

4. What does the 40-year-old woman do as she approaches the turtle on the highway in Chapter 3?
(a) She swerves to avoid it.
(b) She stops and honks.
(c) She stops her car and takes the turtle.
(d) She swerves to hit it.

5. Why does Tom take the turtle with him in Chapter 4?
(a) To give it to his little sister.
(b) To keep it in an aquarium.
(c) To give it to his little brother.
(d) To set it free at his father's pond.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the mother of the baby that was eaten by a pig next to the Joads'?

2. How is the well on the Joad homestead described when Tom arrives in Chapter 6?

3. What does the truck driver say he is hoping to study through correspondence school in Chapter 2?

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. What is the tenant farmer holding as he watches the tractor wreck his home in Chapter 5?

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