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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) Rose of Sharon.
(b) Pa.
(c) Ma.
(d) Ruthie.

2. What did Tom use to kill the man that pulled a knife on him in a bar fight?
(a) A pistol.
(b) A hammer.
(c) A shovel.
(d) A flip-blade.

3. Who among the migrants take on the duties of cooking dinner, according to the narrator in Chapter 17?
(a) The elders.
(b) The children.
(c) The women.
(d) The men.

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

5. Who tells the waitress to give the passing migrants a loaf of bread in Chapter 15?
(a) Al.
(b) Jack.
(c) Roger.
(d) Tom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Ivy Wilson traveling West from?

2. What sound awakens Tom as he sleeps in the truck on the Joads' first night at the Weedpatch camp?

3. What book does the author reference in Chapter 9?

4. How does Tom describe his Uncle John?

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

(see the answer key)

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