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

Multiple Choice 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).
(a) Literary allusion.
(b) Simile.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Metaphor.

2. What does the truck driver say he is hoping to study through correspondence school in Chapter 2?
(a) Mechanical engineering.
(b) Radios.
(c) Agriculture.
(d) Banking management.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Tom take the turtle with him in Chapter 4?

2. How long ago does Grampa say it was that his brother went out West to California in Chapter 10?

3. What does Tom describe Uncle John leaving on his pillow when he was a kid in Chapter 8?

4. 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)?

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

(see the answer key)

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