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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who is described as "bull-simple" at the migrant camp in Chapter 20 (244)?
(a) The Mobster.
(b) The Nurse.
(c) The Mayor.
(d) The Butcher.

7. Whose music does Bill the truck driver's friend play on the phonograph in Chapter 15?
(a) Miles Davis's.
(b) Bing Crosby's.
(c) Frank Sinatra's.
(d) Bart Freeman's.

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

9. 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) Success and adventure.
(b) Land and food.
(c) Family and friends.
(d) Money and security.

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

11. What does Tom have for breakfast with fellow campers at the Weedpatch camp on his first morning there?
(a) Bacon and biscuits with gravy.
(b) Oatmeal and apples.
(c) Pancakes with maple syrup.
(d) Waffles and strawberries.

12. 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) Community service or ostracism.
(c) Imprisonment or public execution.
(d) A quick and murderous fight or ostracism.

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

14. What does Uncle John say he knows a guy growing crops of in Tulare in Chapter 26?
(a) Strawberries.
(b) Apples.
(c) Cotton.
(d) Pears.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the Joads and Wilsons stop to camp after crossing into California?

2. What are crops like lettuce, cauliflower, artichokes, and potatoes referred to as in Chapter 19?

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

4. What does Ma take Tom for dinner at his hideout by the willow trees in Chapter 28?

5. 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)?

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