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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the narrator describe as the only two punishments for breaking the unspoken laws within the migrant camps in Chapter 17?
(a) Community service or ostracism.
(b) Enforced slavery or execution.
(c) Imprisonment or public execution.
(d) A quick and murderous fight or ostracism.

3. Where did Aunt Sadie get the china dog that is described in Chapter 9?
(a) The Illinois State Fair.
(b) Coney Island.
(c) New York City.
(d) The St. Louis Fair.

4. How long does Tom say he has been away from home in Chapter 4?
(a) Eight years.
(b) Four years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Six years.

5. Who was the mother of the baby that was eaten by a pig next to the Joads'?
(a) Dolly Parkins.
(b) Milly Jacobs.
(c) Molly Rogers.
(d) Anna Winter.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Tom estimate it will take the Joads to reach their destination in Chapter 10?

2. 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?

3. What happens to the Joads' dog in Chapter 13?

4. The narrator in Chapter 19 says that "represssion works only to" do what (238)?

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

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