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

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

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

4. Where does the truck driver describe a dance where someone was killed in Chapter 2?
(a) Nashville.
(b) Sewannee.
(c) Shawnee.
(d) Sycamore.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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