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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long ago does Grampa say it was that his brother went out West to California in Chapter 10?
(a) 20 years ago.
(b) 10 years ago.
(c) 40 years ago.
(d) 15 years ago.

2. How many people were in the family that was picked up by a sedan that pulled their trailer to California, according to the narrator in Chapter 12?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

3. 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) Salinas.
(b) Redding.
(c) Eureka.
(d) Montague.

4. How does Tom describe his Uncle John?
(a) Gregarious.
(b) Crazy.
(c) Loving.
(d) Rich.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How far is it from Sallisaw to Gore?

2. Whose music does Bill the truck driver's friend play on the phonograph in Chapter 15?

3. 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)?

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

5. How long had Uncle John been married when his wife died?

(see the answer key)

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