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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Winfield say he hit a boy at the camp that day in Chapter 26?
(a) Because he hit his sister.
(b) Because he called his father a vagrant.
(c) Because he called them Okies.
(d) Because he insulted his mother.

2. The narrator in Chapter 19 says that "represssion works only to" do what (238)?
(a) "Strengthen and knit the oppressed."
(b) "Bring forth common enemies."
(c) "Bring forth structure and the word of God."
(d) "Atone for the past."

3. How much money does Ma give to Tom when she goes to see him at his hideout in Chapter 28?
(a) $7.
(b) $2.
(c) $3.
(d) $9.

4. What does Timothy Wallace define a vagrant as in Chapter 24 (334)?
(a) "Anybody who don't have an address."
(b) "Anybody without money."
(c) "Anybody not from here."
(d) "Anybody a cop don't like."

5. What does Ma take Tom for dinner at his hideout by the willow trees in Chapter 28?
(a) Steak and potatoes.
(b) Pork chops and potatoes.
(c) Chicken and dumplings.
(d) Chicken pot pies.

6. On what day of the week is the dance held at the Weedpatch camp in Chapter 24?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Friday.

7. What is the name of the Wainwrights' teenage daughter?
(a) Laura.
(b) Aggie.
(c) Annie.
(d) Sarah.

8. What does the border guard ask if the Joads have when they get to the high country of Arizona?
(a) Any children.
(b) Any food.
(c) Any water.
(d) Any plants.

9. Who in the migrant camps generally are responsible for pitching the tents and bringing down the beds, according to the narrator in Chapter 17?
(a) The children.
(b) The men.
(c) The women.
(d) The elders.

10. By what time of day is the 20-acre cotton field completely picked in Chapter 28?
(a) 6:00 p.m.
(b) 11:00 a.m.
(c) 9:00 p.m.
(d) 4:00 p.m.

11. 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) "Observance."
(b) "Prayer."
(c) "Solitude."
(d) "Expression."

12. Whose music does Bill the truck driver's friend play on the phonograph in Chapter 15?
(a) Miles Davis's.
(b) Bing Crosby's.
(c) Bart Freeman's.
(d) Frank Sinatra's.

13. By what name does the waitress call the truck driver Bill in Chapter 15?
(a) Big Bill the Rat.
(b) Bill the Bouncer.
(c) Bully Bill.
(d) Bill the Speedster.

14. The narrator states in Chapter 19, "And while the Californians wanted many things, accumulation, social success, amusement, luxury, and a curious banking security, the new barbarians wanted only two things..." (233). What were the two things that the Okies wanted?
(a) Land and food.
(b) Success and adventure.
(c) Family and friends.
(d) Money and security.

15. What are crops like lettuce, cauliflower, artichokes, and potatoes referred to as in Chapter 19?
(a) Top crops.
(b) Lost crops.
(c) Standing crops.
(d) Stoop crops.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ruthie describe in the picture she saw of the desert once in Chapter 18?

2. What happens with the Joads' car after they pass Bakersfield heading north in Chapter 26?

3. About how many tents and shacks are set up at the migrants' camp that the Joads go to after seeing the coroner in Chapter 20?

4. What does the guard of the Weedpatch camp say that the Central Committee voted regarding preachers in the camp?

5. Where do the Joads go to buy a new tin stove and overalls in Chapter 28?

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