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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 23-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what narrative point of view is The Grapes of Wrath related?
(a) Seond person.
(b) Third person.
(c) Fourth person.
(d) First person.

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

3. What happens when the red ant attacks the turtle in Chapter 3?
(a) The turtle runs into a car.
(b) The turtle is killed by the ant's venom.
(c) The turtle crawls into the stream.
(d) The turtle squashes it with its shell.

4. What setting is described as where the swallows nest that Tom visits before leaving for California in Chapter 10?
(a) The willow tree.
(b) The shed.
(c) The roof.
(d) The red bank.

5. What town does one reach after crossing the desert when entering California by Highway 66, according to the narrator in Chapter 12?
(a) Lassen.
(b) Barney.
(c) Barstow.
(d) Tulare.

Short Answer Questions

1. What crop is growing across Tom's homestead when he arrives in Chapter 6?

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

3. What is printed on the side of the red truck outside the roadside restaurant in Chapter 2?

4. Where do the Joads stop at a bridge and the guard washes off the windshield sticker in Arizona in Chapter 18?

5. What is the tenant farmer holding as he watches the tractor wreck his home in Chapter 5?

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