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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 29-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What crop is growing across Tom's homestead when he arrives in Chapter 6?
(a) Wheat.
(b) Cotton.
(c) Peaches.
(d) Grapes.

2. Whose pigtails does Tom say he was pulling on the day he was baptized in Chapter 4?
(a) Susy Little's.
(b) Annie Wilson's.
(c) Mary Smart's.
(d) Mae Rogers'.

3. The narrator describes Highway 66 as "the mother road, the road of" what, in Chapter 12 (119)?
(a) "Flight."
(b) "Danger."
(c) "Retribution."
(d) "The outlaw."

4. What setting is described as "the top of it all" in Arizona in Chapter 18 (201)?
(a) Flagstaff.
(b) Twin Peaks.
(c) Rogers.
(d) Montague.

5. What does the border guard ask if the Joads have when they get to the high country of Arizona?
(a) Any children.
(b) Any plants.
(c) Any food.
(d) Any water.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what name are the Okies' encampments called?

2. Who is the tenant at the Weedpatch camp that supposedly invited the three strangers to the dance in Chapter 24?

3. How many cars a day does the man at the gas station say he sees pass on their way to move West in Chapter 13?

4. What does the driver of the truck do as it approaches the turtle on the highway in Chapter 3?

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

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