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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 does Tom find on the sink shelf in the kitchen when he enters his abandoned homestead in Chapter 6?
(a) A beer bottle opener and a broken fork.
(b) A bottle of milk and a can of soup.
(c) A fully placed dinner that has rotten.
(d) A soup pan and a can of beans.

2. For how long has Tom Joad been in prison when he is released?
(a) Four years.
(b) Two years.
(c) Five years.
(d) Six years.

3. 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).
(a) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Literary allusion.
(d) Simile.

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

5. What happens when the red ant attacks the turtle in Chapter 3?
(a) The turtle crawls into the stream.
(b) The turtle squashes it with its shell.
(c) The turtle is killed by the ant's venom.
(d) The turtle runs into a car.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the sun in Chapter 1?

2. What symbolism is evoked by the turtle in Chapter 3?

3. What is printed on the side of the red truck outside the roadside restaurant in Chapter 2?

4. How are Tom Joad's clothes described in Chapter 2?

5. What sin does Casy say he committed after his fervent prayer meetings in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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