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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ma tells Tom in the beginning of Chapter 26 that he has no right to get what?
(a) Discouraged.
(b) Angry.
(c) Boisterous.
(d) Sullen.

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

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

4. What literary device is used in the following sentence from Chapter 2? "His hands were hard, with broad fingers and nails as thick and ridged as little clam shells" (9).
(a) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Literary allusion.
(d) Simile.

5. What book does Tom say he mixes up with Scripture in Chapter 10?
(a) The Little Prince.
(b) Dr. Miles' Almanac.
(c) The Winning of Barbara Worth.
(d) The Talmud.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who among the migrants take on the duties of cooking dinner, according to the narrator in Chapter 17?

2. What musical instrument does the narrator in Chapter 23 describe as rare and hard to learn?

3. What does Uncle John say he knows a guy growing crops of in Tulare in Chapter 26?

4. How is the well on the Joad homestead described when Tom arrives in Chapter 6?

5. How much money does Pa say they have left once the Joads reach California and camp for the day in Chapter 18?

(see the answer key)

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