1. What does the willow tree hang over at the Joad homestead?
(a) The corn field.
(b) The pig pen.
(c) The shed.
(d) The rose garden.

2. 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 stops and honks.
(c) She stops her car and takes the turtle.
(d) She swerves to avoid it.

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) $76.
(d) $55.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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).

2. The narrator describes Highway 66 as "the mother road, the road of" what, in Chapter 12 (119)?

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

4. What book does the author reference in Chapter 9?

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

(see the answer key)

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