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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is driving the car in the beginning of Chapter 13?
(a) Al.
(b) Tom.
(c) Jim.
(d) Pa.

2. Where did Aunt Sadie get the china dog that is described in Chapter 9?
(a) New York City.
(b) Coney Island.
(c) The St. Louis Fair.
(d) The Illinois State Fair.

3. Where does Tom Joad first encounter Jim Casy in Chapter 4?
(a) In a cemetary.
(b) Under a willow tree.
(c) At the movie theater.
(d) At the post office.

4. The narrator describes Highway 66 as "the mother road, the road of" what, in Chapter 12 (119)?
(a) "Danger."
(b) "Retribution."
(c) "The outlaw."
(d) "Flight."

5. What parts of a car does the narrator say "can rattle till Jesus comes again with no harm" in Chapter 12 (120)?
(a) Radiators.
(b) Tappets.
(c) Con-rods.
(d) Rims.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of animal does Casy describe as clinging with its jaws until one pries its head apart with a screwdriver in Chapter 13?

2. Who in the back seat of the car wants a cup of water in Chapter 12?

3. What do the tractors in the novel represent symbolically?

4. What is the name of the used car salesman that is addressed by the boss in Chapter 7?

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

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