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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the used car lot owner wish he had a thousand of in Chapter 7?
(a) Model-T's.
(b) Cadillacs.
(c) Model-A's.
(d) Jalopies.

2. How is the well on the Joad homestead described when Tom arrives in Chapter 6?
(a) Overflowing.
(b) Dry.
(c) Absent.
(d) Trickling.

3. Who in the migrant camps were generally responsible for fetching firewood and water, according to the narrator in Chapter 17?
(a) The elders.
(b) The women.
(c) The men.
(d) The children.

4. Why does Tom take the turtle with him in Chapter 4?
(a) To give it to his little sister.
(b) To set it free at his father's pond.
(c) To keep it in an aquarium.
(d) To give it to his little brother.

5. What does Tom say is the first thing that kids do when they know a house is empty in Chapter 6?
(a) Call the police.
(b) Make up ghost stories.
(c) Throw rocks at the windows.
(d) Come inside to steal things.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the waitress that the narrator says "really smiles with all her might at truck drivers" in Chapter 15 (155)?

2. How does Tom describe his Uncle John?

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

4. What book does the author reference in Chapter 9?

5. Who is the tractor driver's father in Chapter 5?

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