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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Tom say he has been away from home in Chapter 4?
(a) Six years.
(b) Four years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Eight years.

2. What do the tractors in the novel represent symbolically?
(a) The birth of innocence.
(b) The Industrial Age.
(c) The accomplishments of intelligence.
(d) The education system.

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 swerves to hit it.
(c) It stops and backs over the turtle.
(d) It stops and honks.

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

5. How is the well on the Joad homestead described when Tom arrives in Chapter 6?
(a) Dry.
(b) Absent.
(c) Trickling.
(d) Overflowing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What newspaper does Tom see curling in the corner of the kitchen in Chapter 6?

2. Whose pigtails does Tom say he was pulling on the day he was baptized in Chapter 4?

3. During what historical era does The Grapes of Wrath take place?

4. Where does Tom Joad first encounter Jim Casy in Chapter 4?

5. What kind of preacher does Casy say he was in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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