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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator describe as the only two punishments for breaking the unspoken laws within the migrant camps in Chapter 17?
(a) Enforced slavery or execution.
(b) A quick and murderous fight or ostracism.
(c) Community service or ostracism.
(d) Imprisonment or public execution.

2. How much does Tom say Pa paid to get a painted piece of board stuck up over Granma in Chapter 20?
(a) $10.
(b) $5.
(c) $25.
(d) $4.

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

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

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

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

7. What apparently causes the rattling pound in the touring car in Chapter 16?
(a) Radiator.
(b) Loose gasket.
(c) Con-rod bearing.
(d) Broken rims.

8. What musical instrument does the narrator in Chapter 23 describe as rare and hard to learn?
(a) A trumpet.
(b) A fiddle.
(c) A flute.
(d) A banjo.

9. To whom did California once belong, according to the narrator in Chapter 19?
(a) Canadians.
(b) The French.
(c) Mexicans.
(d) Italians.

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

11. What does Ruthie describe in the picture she saw of the desert once in Chapter 18?
(a) Cacti.
(b) Bones.
(c) Clouds.
(d) Palm trees.

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

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 does Ma make to celebrate Al's engagement in Chapter 28?
(a) Waffles.
(b) Chocolate cake.
(c) Pancakes.
(d) Peach cobbler.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Tom suggest stay behind with him to repair the car while the others go on west in Chapter 16?

2. What does Winfield say he hit a boy at the camp that day in Chapter 26?

3. Where do the Joads go to the coroner's office in Chapter 20?

4. Who were the only people in California that were happy about the Okies pouring in, according to the narrator in Chapter 21?

5. Where does one of the tenants at Weedpatch describe the employees from the rubber companies going unionized in Chapter 24?

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