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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many acres does Tom Joad say his father owns in Chapter 2?
(a) 30.
(b) 40.
(c) 10.
(d) 20.

2. What does Mrs. Wilson give Tom a paper from to write a note regarding Grampa's death when they bury him?
(a) A notepad.
(b) A novel.
(c) Her diary.
(d) Her Bible.

3. In Chapter 16, the narrator says of the Joads and Wilsons, "Two days the families were in flight, but on the third the land was too huge for them and they settled into a new technique of living; the highways became their home and movement their medium of" what (164)?
(a) "Prayer."
(b) "Solitude."
(c) "Observance."
(d) "Expression."

4. What does Tom find on the sink shelf in the kitchen when he enters his abandoned homestead in Chapter 6?
(a) A bottle of milk and a can of soup.
(b) A fully placed dinner that has rotten.
(c) A beer bottle opener and a broken fork.
(d) A soup pan and a can of beans.

5. Who drives the touring car as the Joads and Wilsons cross New Mexico in Chapter 16?
(a) Pa.
(b) Al.
(c) Ma.
(d) Tom.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Grampa Joad die from in Chapter 13?

3. What two locations does the narrator describe Highway 66 connecting in Chapter 12?

4. How far is it from Sallisaw to Gore?

5. How does Tom describe his Uncle John?

(see the answer key)

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