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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the tractors in the novel represent symbolically?
(a) The birth of innocence.
(b) The Industrial Age.
(c) The education system.
(d) The accomplishments of intelligence.

3. What crop is growing across Tom's homestead when he arrives in Chapter 6?
(a) Grapes.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Cotton.
(d) Peaches.

4. Who in the migrant camps generally are responsible for pitching the tents and bringing down the beds, according to the narrator in Chapter 17?
(a) The men.
(b) The elders.
(c) The women.
(d) The children.

5. What is the tenant farmer holding as he watches the tractor wreck his home in Chapter 5?
(a) A rifle.
(b) A rake.
(c) A bayonette.
(d) A dagger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom say his father strung up in a tree that he points out in the fields in Chapter 8?

2. 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)?

3. What is the pretty town that is described on the border of California in Chapter 12?

4. Who among the migrants take on the duties of cooking dinner, according to the narrator in Chapter 17?

5. Who tells the waitress to give the passing migrants a loaf of bread in Chapter 15?

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