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

2. What symbolism is evoked by the turtle in Chapter 3?
(a) The turtle represents the struggle to persist.
(b) The turtle represents rebellion against the norm.
(c) The turtle represents the desire for revenge.
(d) The turtle represents corporate greed.

3. What does the 40-year-old woman do as she approaches the turtle on the highway in Chapter 3?
(a) She swerves to hit it.
(b) She swerves to avoid it.
(c) She stops her car and takes the turtle.
(d) She stops and honks.

4. What crop is growing across Tom's homestead when he arrives in Chapter 6?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Peaches.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Grapes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom say is the first thing that kids do when they know a house is empty in Chapter 6?

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

3. What kind of preacher does Casy say he was in Chapter 4?

4. Who is the tractor driver's father in Chapter 5?

5. Of whom does Tom say in Chapter 8, "He's gettin' screwy like a gopher, livin' like he does" (69)?

(see the answer key)

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