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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the dog that Tom recognizes among the others in Chapter 8?
(a) Flash.
(b) Johnny.
(c) Pete.
(d) Mittens.

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

3. Who was the mother of the baby that was eaten by a pig next to the Joads'?
(a) Milly Jacobs.
(b) Molly Rogers.
(c) Dolly Parkins.
(d) Anna Winter.

4. How much money does the tractor driver say he makes in a day in Chapter 5?
(a) $5.
(b) $3.
(c) $1.
(d) $2.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom Joad offer the truck driver a "snort" of in Chapter 2 (14)?

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

3. What does Tom say his father strung up in a tree that he points out in the fields in Chapter 8?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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