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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During what historical era does The Grapes of Wrath take place?
(a) The Roaring Twenties.
(b) The Renaissance.
(c) The Great Depression.
(d) The Victorian Era.

2. What does Tom tell the gas station owner will be the cause for him to move too in Chapter 13?
(a) The lack of produce.
(b) The incoming technology.
(c) The yellow gas stations.
(d) The crops.

3. What are crops like lettuce, cauliflower, artichokes, and potatoes referred to as in Chapter 19?
(a) Top crops.
(b) Lost crops.
(c) Standing crops.
(d) Stoop crops.

4. Where does the man at the migrant camp say he and his wife are going up north while he works on his car in Chapter 20?
(a) Redding.
(b) Eureka.
(c) Salinas.
(d) Montague.

5. How long did it take Uncle John to come out of his stupor after his wife died?
(a) Two years.
(b) Six years.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Two months.

Short Answer Questions

1. What apparently causes the rattling pound in the touring car in Chapter 16?

2. The stranger and his son that meets the Joads in the river in Chapter 18 tells them, "Well, Okie use' ta mean you was from Oklahoma. Now it means you're" what (205)?

3. What happens when the red ant attacks the turtle in Chapter 3?

4. What does the truck driver say he is hoping to study through correspondence school in Chapter 2?

5. 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)?

(see the answer key)

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