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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the sticker on the windshield of the truck say in Chapter 2?
(a) Fast Tracks.
(b) No Riders.
(c) Hop In.
(d) Fares Only.

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

3. What does Tom say is the first thing that kids do when they know a house is empty in Chapter 6?
(a) Call the police.
(b) Throw rocks at the windows.
(c) Come inside to steal things.
(d) Make up ghost stories.

4. How many cars a day does the man at the gas station say he sees pass on their way to move West in Chapter 13?
(a) 100-200 cars a day.
(b) 300-350 cars a day.
(c) 50-60 cars a day.
(d) 200-250 cars a day.

5. How does the narrator describe the sun in Chapter 1?
(a) Gray.
(b) Red.
(c) White.
(d) Yello.

6. What does the truck driver say he is hoping to study through correspondence school in Chapter 2?
(a) Banking management.
(b) Agriculture.
(c) Mechanical engineering.
(d) Radios.

7. Who is Rose of Sharon married to?
(a) Mark.
(b) Connie.
(c) Wilson.
(d) Max.

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

9. What newspaper does Tom see curling in the corner of the kitchen in Chapter 6?
(a) The Philadelphia Ledger.
(b) The Phoenix Tribune.
(c) The Times Picayune.
(d) The New York Times.

10. How much money does the tractor driver say he makes in a day in Chapter 5?
(a) $3.
(b) $1.
(c) $5.
(d) $2.

11. What does Tom describe Uncle John leaving on his pillow when he was a kid in Chapter 8?
(a) A pack of gum.
(b) A candy cane.
(c) A walnut.
(d) A quarter.

12. Who drives the truck after the Joads leave the gas station in Chapter 13?
(a) Al.
(b) Pa.
(c) Winfield.
(d) Tom.

13. What does the 40-year-old woman do as she approaches the turtle on the highway in Chapter 3?
(a) She swerves to hit it.
(b) She stops and honks.
(c) She swerves to avoid it.
(d) She stops her car and takes the turtle.

14. 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) Simile.
(b) Literary allusion.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Metaphor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What parts of a car does the narrator say "can rattle till Jesus comes again with no harm" in Chapter 12 (120)?

2. How long did it take Uncle John to come out of his stupor after his wife died?

3. What highway is described as going from Clarksville and Ozark and Van Buren and Fort Smith through Arkansas in Chapter 12?

4. Where does Tom Joad first encounter Jim Casy in Chapter 4?

5. Approximately when did the Dust Bowl occur?

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