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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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)?
(a) "A narcissist."
(b) "Married."
(c) "Powerful."
(d) "Disappointed."

3. What word from Chapter 21 refers to a disease caused by a lack of niacin (B3) and causes sores in the mouth?
(a) Pellagra.
(b) Gangrene.
(c) Rachitic disease.
(d) Tuberculosis.

4. How much money does it cost the Joads to stay at the Weedpatch camp weekly?
(a) $1.
(b) $4.
(c) $5.
(d) $3.

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

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

7. 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?
(a) 40 cents.
(b) 2 dollars.
(c) 65 cents.
(d) 90 cents.

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

9. About how many tents and shacks are set up at the migrants' camp that the Joads go to after seeing the coroner in Chapter 20?
(a) 50.
(b) 20.
(c) 40.
(d) 60.

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

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

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

13. 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) 13.
(d) 9.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom have for breakfast with fellow campers at the Weedpatch camp on his first morning there?

2. The narrator in Chapter 19 says that "represssion works only to" do what (238)?

3. What setting is described as "the top of it all" in Arizona in Chapter 18 (201)?

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

5. Who is the chairman of the Central Committee at the Weedpatch camp?

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