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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 does the driver of the truck do as it approaches the turtle on the highway in Chapter 3?
(a) It stops and honks.
(b) It swerves to avoid it.
(c) It swerves to hit it.
(d) It stops and backs over the turtle.

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?
(a) Family and friends.
(b) Success and adventure.
(c) Money and security.
(d) Land and food.

3. The narrator in Chapter 19 says that "represssion works only to" do what (238)?
(a) "Bring forth structure and the word of God."
(b) "Atone for the past."
(c) "Bring forth common enemies."
(d) "Strengthen and knit the oppressed."

4. How much money does Pa say they have left once the Joads reach California and camp for the day in Chapter 18?
(a) $50.
(b) $40.
(c) $30.
(d) $30.

5. What word from Chapter 21 refers to a disease caused by a lack of niacin (B3) and causes sores in the mouth?
(a) Pellagra.
(b) Rachitic disease.
(c) Gangrene.
(d) Tuberculosis.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Ma have the boys go while Rose of Sharon stays with the man in the barn in Chapter 30?

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

4. What does Winfield say he hit a boy at the camp that day in Chapter 26?

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

(see the answer key)

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