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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Tom inform that he is leaving to try to get a job on the Joads' first morning at the Weedpatch camp?
(a) Ruthie.
(b) Ma.
(c) Pa.
(d) Rose of Sharon.

2. Of whom does Tom say in Chapter 8, "He's gettin' screwy like a gopher, livin' like he does" (69)?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Muley.
(c) Pete.
(d) Roger.

3. Where does the tire salesmen say the police come from to turn away the migrants in Chapter 12?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Barstow.
(d) Lassen.

4. What do the tractors in the novel represent symbolically?
(a) The education system.
(b) The birth of innocence.
(c) The accomplishments of intelligence.
(d) The Industrial Age.

5. How old is the son that is described as killing a deputy with a .22 rifle in Lawrenceville in Chapter 19?
(a) 9.
(b) 16.
(c) 11.
(d) 13.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does it cost the Joads to stay at the Weedpatch camp weekly?

2. Where does one of the tenants at Weedpatch describe the employees from the rubber companies going unionized in Chapter 24?

3. What did Uncle John's wife presumably die from?

4. How far does Ma say it is to where they're going in Chapter 10?

5. What does Tom Joad offer the truck driver a "snort" of in Chapter 2 (14)?

(see the answer key)

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