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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What newspaper does Tom see curling in the corner of the kitchen in Chapter 6?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) The Philadelphia Ledger.
(c) The Phoenix Tribune.
(d) The Times Picayune.

2. What town does one reach after crossing the desert when entering California by Highway 66, according to the narrator in Chapter 12?
(a) Lassen.
(b) Tulare.
(c) Barstow.
(d) Barney.

3. From what narrative point of view is The Grapes of Wrath related?
(a) Seond person.
(b) First person.
(c) Fourth person.
(d) Third person.

4. Where does the truck driver describe a dance where someone was killed in Chapter 2?
(a) Nashville.
(b) Shawnee.
(c) Sycamore.
(d) Sewannee.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does Tom say his liquor cost when he offers some to Casy in Chapter 4?

2. Approximately when did the Dust Bowl occur?

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

4. What does the driver of the truck do as it approaches the turtle on the highway in Chapter 3?

5. The narrator states in Chapter 11, "... the machine man, driving a dead tractor on land he does not know and love, understands only" what (117)?

(see the answer key)

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