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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 setting is described as where the swallows nest that Tom visits before leaving for California in Chapter 10?
(a) The red bank.
(b) The shed.
(c) The willow tree.
(d) The roof.

2. Who is the waitress that the narrator says "really smiles with all her might at truck drivers" in Chapter 15 (155)?
(a) Mae.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Marie.
(d) Jane.

3. What musical instrument does the narrator in Chapter 23 describe as rare and hard to learn?
(a) A fiddle.
(b) A trumpet.
(c) A banjo.
(d) A flute.

4. How much did the job pay that Pa and Uncle John missed out on that morning in Chapter 24?
(a) 20 cents an hour.
(b) 50 cents an hour.
(c) 40 cents an hour.
(d) 30 cents an hour.

5. What do the tractors in the novel represent symbolically?
(a) The accomplishments of intelligence.
(b) The Industrial Age.
(c) The birth of innocence.
(d) The education system.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Tom suggest stay behind with him to repair the car while the others go on west in Chapter 16?

2. Who is the tractor driver's father in Chapter 5?

3. In the line in which the title of the novel appears in Chapter 25, the narrator states, "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for" what (349)?

4. What does Ma catch Rose of Sharon sucking on after dinner in Chapter 26?

5. How does Tom describe his Uncle John?

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