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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Tom inform that he is leaving to try to get a job on the Joads' first morning at the Weedpatch camp?
(a) Ma.
(b) Ruthie.
(c) Pa.
(d) Rose of Sharon.

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

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

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

5. Who tells the waitress to give the passing migrants a loaf of bread in Chapter 15?
(a) Al.
(b) Jack.
(c) Roger.
(d) Tom.

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

7. What did Ruthie do when she got into a fight with a big girl at the cotton camp in Chapter 28?
(a) She called the police.
(b) She punched her and knocked her out.
(c) She told her that Tom killed two men and was hiding.
(d) She told her that her mother was a witch.

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

9. What number campsite are the Joads given when they arrive at the Weedpatch camp in Chapter 22?
(a) Number 4.
(b) Number 34.
(c) Number 10.
(d) Number 12.

10. How much money does Pa say they have left once the Joads reach California and camp for the day in Chapter 18?
(a) $30.
(b) $40.
(c) $30.
(d) $50.

11. Where does one of the tenants at Weedpatch describe the employees from the rubber companies going unionized in Chapter 24?
(a) Detroit.
(b) Akron.
(c) Memphis.
(d) New York.

12. Who were the only people in California that were happy about the Okies pouring in, according to the narrator in Chapter 21?
(a) The shop owners.
(b) The farm owners.
(c) The hotel owners.
(d) The gold panners.

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

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

15. What disease that caues inflammation of the spine is described in Chapter 21?
(a) Rachitic disease.
(b) Cystic fybrosis.
(c) Pellagra.
(d) Lymphoma.

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. By what name are the Okies' encampments called?

3. Who offers Tom some Durham tobacco for a smoke at the meeting of the men at the camp in Chapter 26?

4. How much money does the man offer for picking cotton that Ma encounters on her way back to the camp after seeing Tom in Chapter 28?

5. What does Ma make to celebrate Al's engagement in Chapter 28?

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