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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 is referred to as "the monster" in Chapter 5 (36)?
(a) Religion.
(b) The tenant farmers.
(c) The bank.
(d) The government.

2. Who does Tom describe having sex in a barn when he brought a heifer to mate with a bull in Chapter 8?
(a) Gerald Smith.
(b) Jack Simpson.
(c) Cane Rogers.
(d) Willy Feely.

3. Approximately when did the Dust Bowl occur?
(a) 1939-1944.
(b) 1930-1932.
(c) 1934-1940.
(d) 1919-1925.

4. How are Tom Joad's clothes described in Chapter 2?
(a) Covered in mud.
(b) Expensive and new.
(c) Old and ragged.
(d) Cheap and new.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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).

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

5. During what historical era does The Grapes of Wrath take place?

(see the answer key)

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