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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far does Ma say it is to where they're going in Chapter 10?
(a) 3,000 miles.
(b) 2,000 miles.
(c) 1,000 miles.
(d) 1,500 miles.

2. How long does Tom estimate it will take the Joads to reach their destination in Chapter 10?
(a) Two months.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) One month.
(d) One week.

3. What is the pretty town that is described on the border of California in Chapter 12?
(a) Fremont.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Needles.
(d) Wilkins.

4. When the narrator describes a tractor in Chapter 11, he states, "The heat goes out of it like the living heat that leaves a corpse" (117). What literary device is employed in this sentence?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Simile.
(c) Assonance.
(d) Alliteration.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Tom say visited at McAlester last Christmas with cornet music in Chapter 10?

2. What does the 40-year-old woman do as she approaches the turtle on the highway in Chapter 3?

3. What book does Tom say he mixes up with Scripture in Chapter 10?

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

5. How many acres does Tom Joad say his father owns in Chapter 2?

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