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

2. What do Winfield and Ruthie bring back to the car at the gas station in Chapter 13?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) Chicken eggs.
(c) A dog.
(d) Reptile eggs.

3. What sound awakens Tom as he sleeps in the truck on the Joads' first night at the Weedpatch camp?
(a) Clashing iron.
(b) Howling wolves.
(c) Howling coyotes.
(d) Gunshots.

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

5. What does Al steal to make a ridge pole on the truck in Chapter 16?
(a) A bayonette.
(b) A fence rail.
(c) A cabin door.
(d) A pencil.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What does Tom have for breakfast with fellow campers at the Weedpatch camp on his first morning there?

4. Highway 66 is described as what in the beginning of Chapter 12?

5. What do the tractors in the novel represent symbolically?

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