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

2. What newspaper does Tom see curling in the corner of the kitchen in Chapter 6?
(a) The Philadelphia Ledger.
(b) The Times Picayune.
(c) The Phoenix Tribune.
(d) The New York Times.

3. The narrator states in Chapter 19, "And while the Californians wanted many things, accumulation, social success, amusement, luxury, and a curious banking security, the new barbarians wanted only two things..." (233). What were the two things that the Okies wanted?
(a) Success and adventure.
(b) Land and food.
(c) Money and security.
(d) Family and friends.

4. Who in the back seat of the car wants a cup of water in Chapter 12?
(a) Mikey.
(b) Danny.
(c) Mark.
(d) Jack.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of whom does Tom say in Chapter 8, "He's gettin' screwy like a gopher, livin' like he does" (69)?

2. The narrator describes Highway 66 as "the mother road, the road of" what, in Chapter 12 (119)?

3. What does Timothy Wallace define a vagrant as in Chapter 24 (334)?

4. How long did it take Uncle John to come out of his stupor after his wife died?

5. Who does Tom describe having sex in a barn when he brought a heifer to mate with a bull in Chapter 8?

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