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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 border guard ask if the Joads have when they get to the high country of Arizona?
(a) Any plants.
(b) Any water.
(c) Any children.
(d) Any food.

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

3. 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)?
(a) "Commerce."
(b) "Dirt."
(c) "Capital."
(d) "Chemistry."

4. Highway 66 is described as what in the beginning of Chapter 12?
(a) The road to the forgotten land.
(b) The road to Shangri La.
(c) The main migrant road.
(d) The Trail of Tears.

5. What two locations does the narrator describe Highway 66 connecting in Chapter 12?
(a) Texas to Los Angeles.
(b) Mississippi to Bakersfield.
(c) Memphis to San Diego.
(d) Oklahoma City to San Francisco.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what name are the Okies' encampments called?

2. Where does the truck driver describe a dance where someone was killed in Chapter 2?

3. What does Ruthie describe in the picture she saw of the desert once in Chapter 18?

4. How many cars a day does the man at the gas station say he sees pass on their way to move West in Chapter 13?

5. Who drives the touring car as the Joads and Wilsons cross New Mexico in Chapter 16?

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