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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 does Tom say his father strung up in a tree that he points out in the fields in Chapter 8?
(a) A snake.
(b) A coyote.
(c) A chicken.
(d) A gopher.

2. What does the sticker on the windshield of the truck say in Chapter 2?
(a) Fast Tracks.
(b) Hop In.
(c) No Riders.
(d) Fares Only.

3. How much does the owner of the used car lot tell Jim to sell the Chevy for with the bad rear end in Chapter 7?
(a) $35.
(b) $47.
(c) $55.
(d) $76.

4. How much does Tom say his liquor cost when he offers some to Casy in Chapter 4?
(a) $1.
(b) $4.
(c) $3.
(d) $2.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where does the truck driver describe a dance where someone was killed in Chapter 2?

4. 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).

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

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