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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 town does one reach after crossing the desert when entering California by Highway 66, according to the narrator in Chapter 12?
(a) Tulare.
(b) Barney.
(c) Lassen.
(d) Barstow.

2. Who does Tom suggest stay behind with him to repair the car while the others go on west in Chapter 16?
(a) Ma.
(b) Grampa.
(c) Pa.
(d) Jim.

3. In Chapter 16, the narrator says of the Joads and Wilsons, "Two days the families were in flight, but on the third the land was too huge for them and they settled into a new technique of living; the highways became their home and movement their medium of" what (164)?
(a) "Prayer."
(b) "Observance."
(c) "Solitude."
(d) "Expression."

4. In what type of housing unit do the Joads live while working cotton in Chapter 28?
(a) A tent.
(b) A cabin.
(c) A boxcar.
(d) A shack.

5. What does Al do with the tarpaulin that separates the rooms of the boxcar in Chapter 30?
(a) He makes a raft from it.
(b) He puts it over the car.
(c) He burns it.
(d) He uses it as a cotton sack.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the son that is described as killing a deputy with a .22 rifle in Lawrenceville in Chapter 19?

2. What book does Tom say he mixes up with Scripture in Chapter 10?

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

4. What does the narrator describe as the only two punishments for breaking the unspoken laws within the migrant camps in Chapter 17?

5. Of whom does Tom say in Chapter 8, "He's gettin' screwy like a gopher, livin' like he does" (69)?

(see the answer key)

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