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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what does one of the listeners say he would "cord 'em up around me like wood, an I'd eat my way out" if he were rich in Chapter 23?
(a) Strip steak.
(b) Slabs of bacon.
(c) Noodles.
(d) Pork chops.

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

3. Who is the tractor driver's father in Chapter 5?
(a) John Wilkins.
(b) Joe Davis.
(c) Gerald Ross.
(d) James Rogers.

4. Who is the tenant at the Weedpatch camp that supposedly invited the three strangers to the dance in Chapter 24?
(a) Smith.
(b) Roderick.
(c) James.
(d) Jackson.

5. How long ago does Grampa say it was that his brother went out West to California in Chapter 10?
(a) 20 years ago.
(b) 40 years ago.
(c) 10 years ago.
(d) 15 years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the tenant farmer holding as he watches the tractor wreck his home in Chapter 5?

2. How much money does the man offer for picking cotton that Ma encounters on her way back to the camp after seeing Tom in Chapter 28?

3. How long does the boy say it has been since the his father has eaten in Chapter 30?

4. Jim Casy says in Chapter 18, "I ain't tryin' to preach no sermon, but I never seen nobody that's busy as a prairie dog collectin' stuff that wasn't" what (207)?

5. Who drives the touring car as the Joads and Wilsons cross New Mexico in Chapter 16?

(see the answer key)

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