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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Tom take the turtle with him in Chapter 4?
(a) To give it to his little sister.
(b) To set it free at his father's pond.
(c) To keep it in an aquarium.
(d) To give it to his little brother.

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

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

4. What is referred to as "the monster" in Chapter 5 (36)?
(a) The bank.
(b) Religion.
(c) The tenant farmers.
(d) The government.

5. How long had Uncle John been married when his wife died?
(a) Four months.
(b) Six months.
(c) Two months.
(d) Eight months.

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

7. What is the tenant farmer holding as he watches the tractor wreck his home in Chapter 5?
(a) A bayonette.
(b) A rake.
(c) A dagger.
(d) A rifle.

8. What does Grampa Joad die from in Chapter 13?
(a) A heart attack.
(b) Suicide.
(c) A stroke.
(d) Gunshot wound.

9. What does Tom tell the gas station owner will be the cause for him to move too in Chapter 13?
(a) The crops.
(b) The lack of produce.
(c) The yellow gas stations.
(d) The incoming technology.

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

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

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

13. What is the name of the used car salesman that is addressed by the boss in Chapter 7?
(a) Mark.
(b) Jack.
(c) Jim.
(d) Pete.

14. What is the name of the dog that Tom recognizes among the others in Chapter 8?
(a) Flash.
(b) Pete.
(c) Johnny.
(d) Mittens.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who does Tom say visited at McAlester last Christmas with cornet music in Chapter 10?

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

5. Who was the mother of the baby that was eaten by a pig next to the Joads'?

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