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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much does Tom say his liquor cost when he offers some to Casy in Chapter 4?
(a) $1.
(b) $2.
(c) $4.
(d) $3.

2. What book does the author reference in Chapter 9?
(a) To Have and Have Not.
(b) The Great Gatsby.
(c) Tomorrow's Road.
(d) Pilgrim's Progress.

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

4. What highway is described as going from Clarksville and Ozark and Van Buren and Fort Smith through Arkansas in Chapter 12?
(a) Highway 62.
(b) Highway 45.
(c) Highway 101.
(d) Highway 34.

5. What parts of a car does the narrator say "can rattle till Jesus comes again with no harm" in Chapter 12 (120)?
(a) Rims.
(b) Tappets.
(c) Radiators.
(d) Con-rods.

6. Approximately when did the Dust Bowl occur?
(a) 1934-1940.
(b) 1930-1932.
(c) 1919-1925.
(d) 1939-1944.

7. Who is driving the car in the beginning of Chapter 13?
(a) Pa.
(b) Tom.
(c) Al.
(d) Jim.

8. Whose pigtails does Tom say he was pulling on the day he was baptized in Chapter 4?
(a) Susy Little's.
(b) Mae Rogers'.
(c) Annie Wilson's.
(d) Mary Smart's.

9. How long does Tom say he has been away from home in Chapter 4?
(a) Four years.
(b) Two years.
(c) Eight years.
(d) Six years.

10. What happens when the red ant attacks the turtle in Chapter 3?
(a) The turtle runs into a car.
(b) The turtle crawls into the stream.
(c) The turtle squashes it with its shell.
(d) The turtle is killed by the ant's venom.

11. What does Tom say his father strung up in a tree that he points out in the fields in Chapter 8?
(a) A snake.
(b) A gopher.
(c) A coyote.
(d) A chicken.

12. Where does the truck driver describe a dance where someone was killed in Chapter 2?
(a) Nashville.
(b) Sewannee.
(c) Sycamore.
(d) Shawnee.

13. What book does Ma say Tom's Pa's pa confused with Scripture in Chapter 10?
(a) The Virgen de Fatima.
(b) Dr. Miles' Almanac.
(c) The Winning of Barbara Worth.
(d) A Lost World.

14. How long did it take Uncle John to come out of his stupor after his wife died?
(a) Two years.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Two months.
(d) Six years.

15. What two locations does the narrator describe Highway 66 connecting in Chapter 12?
(a) Mississippi to Bakersfield.
(b) Oklahoma City to San Francisco.
(c) Memphis to San Diego.
(d) Texas to Los Angeles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom tell the gas station owner will be the cause for him to move too in Chapter 13?

2. 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).

3. What does Tom say is the first thing that kids do when they know a house is empty in Chapter 6?

4. What is the name of the dog that Tom recognizes among the others in Chapter 8?

5. How does the narrator describe the sun in Chapter 1?

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