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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 crawls into the stream.
(b) The turtle runs into a car.
(c) The turtle is killed by the ant's venom.
(d) The turtle squashes it with its shell.

2. What does the truck driver say he is hoping to study through correspondence school in Chapter 2?
(a) Mechanical engineering.
(b) Radios.
(c) Agriculture.
(d) Banking management.

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

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

5. What is printed on the side of the red truck outside the roadside restaurant in Chapter 2?
(a) Oklahoma City Transport Company.
(b) Oklahoma Sanitation Department.
(c) Mississippi Transport Company.
(d) Omaha Transport Company.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long does Tom say he has been away from home in Chapter 4?

3. Why does Tom take the turtle with him in Chapter 4?

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

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

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