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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who in the migrant camps were generally responsible for fetching firewood and water, according to the narrator in Chapter 17?
(a) The children.
(b) The men.
(c) The elders.
(d) The women.

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

3. Where do the Joads go to buy a new tin stove and overalls in Chapter 28?
(a) Barstow.
(b) Sacramento.
(c) Tulare.
(d) Montague.

4. The stranger and his son that meets the Joads in the river in Chapter 18 tells them, "Well, Okie use' ta mean you was from Oklahoma. Now it means you're" what (205)?
(a) "A dirty son-of-a-bitch."
(b) "A worse plight to humanity than roaches."
(c) "A nobody."
(d) "A thieving jackass bandit."

5. What musical instrument does the narrator describe as being easy to carry in Chapter 23?
(a) A flute.
(b) A trumpet.
(c) A banjo.
(d) A harmonica.

6. Where does the man at the migrant camp say he and his wife are going up north while he works on his car in Chapter 20?
(a) Salinas.
(b) Redding.
(c) Eureka.
(d) Montague.

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

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

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

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

11. In the line in which the title of the novel appears in Chapter 25, the narrator states, "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for" what (349)?
(a) "The vintage."
(b) "Revenge."
(c) "Justice."
(d) "Closure."

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

13. Who is the waitress that the narrator says "really smiles with all her might at truck drivers" in Chapter 15 (155)?
(a) Jane.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Mae.
(d) Marie.

14. 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 Colorado River.
(c) The Sacramento River.
(d) The Arkansas River.

15. Who offers Tom some Durham tobacco for a smoke at the meeting of the men at the camp in Chapter 26?
(a) Jack.
(b) Jim.
(c) Roger.
(d) Jule.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Wainwrights' teenage daughter?

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

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

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

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

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