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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far are the Joads and Wilsons from Albuquerque when the touring car breaks down in Chapter 16?
(a) 200 miles.
(b) 75 miles.
(c) 40 miles.
(d) 20 miles.

2. What song is played for the migrants to square dance to at the dance in Chapter 24?
(a) "Grab and Dance."
(b) "Dosey Do."
(c) "Mountain Banjo Song."
(d) "Chicken Reel."

3. Who among the migrants take on the duties of cooking dinner, according to the narrator in Chapter 17?
(a) The elders.
(b) The children.
(c) The men.
(d) The women.

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

5. Where do the Joads and Wilsons stop to camp after crossing into California?
(a) Burney.
(b) Lassen.
(c) Monmouth.
(d) Needles.

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

7. Who drives the touring car as the Joads and Wilsons cross New Mexico in Chapter 16?
(a) Tom.
(b) Al.
(c) Pa.
(d) Ma.

8. Who is the chairman of the entertainment at the Weedpatch camp?
(a) Willie Eaton.
(b) Jack Wilson.
(c) Michael Stay.
(d) James Watkins.

9. Where do the Joads stop at a bridge and the guard washes off the windshield sticker in Arizona in Chapter 18?
(a) The Merced River.
(b) The Sacramento River.
(c) The Arkansas River.
(d) The Colorado River.

10. What does Tom have for breakfast with fellow campers at the Weedpatch camp on his first morning there?
(a) Oatmeal and apples.
(b) Waffles and strawberries.
(c) Bacon and biscuits with gravy.
(d) Pancakes with maple syrup.

11. Who are described as "great men" in the fruit orchards of California in Chapter 25 (346)?
(a) Waterers.
(b) Owners.
(c) Pickers.
(d) Grafters.

12. What is the name of the neighbors to the Joads at the cotton ranch in Chapter 28?
(a) The Wilsons.
(b) The Wainwrights.
(c) The Charlestons.
(d) The Kimbles.

13. Where does the man on the highway tell the Joads to go work picking peaches in Chapter 26?
(a) Rossfield Ranch.
(b) Double R Ranch.
(c) Rogers Ranch.
(d) Hooper ranch.

14. What setting is described as "the top of it all" in Arizona in Chapter 18 (201)?
(a) Montague.
(b) Twin Peaks.
(c) Flagstaff.
(d) Rogers.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the tenant at the Weedpatch camp that supposedly invited the three strangers to the dance in Chapter 24?

2. Jim Casy says in Chapter 18, "I ain't tryin' to preach no sermon, but I never seen nobody that's busy as a prairie dog collectin' stuff that wasn't" what (207)?

3. What do the great owners of the fruit orchards also own, according to the narrator in Chapter 25?

4. Who does Tom inform that he is leaving to try to get a job on the Joads' first morning at the Weedpatch camp?

5. How much money does it cost the Joads to stay at the Weedpatch camp weekly?

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