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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the chairman of the Central Committee at the Weedpatch camp?
(a) Ezra Huston.
(b) James Watkins.
(c) Jack Wilson.
(d) Michael Stay.

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

3. 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.

4. How old is the son that is described as killing a deputy with a .22 rifle in Lawrenceville in Chapter 19?
(a) 11.
(b) 16.
(c) 9.
(d) 13.

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

6. What does the father buy for his sons for a penny at the diner in Chapter 15?
(a) Candy canes.
(b) A loaf of bread.
(c) Chewing gum.
(d) A pork chop.

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

8. By what name are the Okies' encampments called?
(a) Weedpatches.
(b) Ghettos.
(c) Hoovervilles.
(d) Country Villages.

9. Who does Tom suggest stay behind with him to repair the car while the others go on west in Chapter 16?
(a) Ma.
(b) Grampa.
(c) Jim.
(d) Pa.

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

11. 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 elders.
(c) The men.
(d) The women.

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

13. What does Ruthie beg Ma to get for her and Winfield at the store in Chapter 28?
(a) Candy canes.
(b) Cracker Jacks.
(c) Milk.
(d) Gumdrops.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What musical instrument does the narrator describe as being easy to carry in Chapter 23?

2. What does the narrator say that the owners followed by importing "slaves" in Chapter 19?

3. Who drives the touring car as the Joads and Wilsons cross New Mexico in Chapter 16?

4. What does Timothy Wallace define a vagrant as in Chapter 24 (334)?

5. What disease that caues inflammation of the spine is described in Chapter 21?

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