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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ma make to celebrate Al's engagement in Chapter 28?
(a) Waffles.
(b) Pancakes.
(c) Chocolate cake.
(d) Peach cobbler.

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

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

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

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

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

7. Where do the Joads go to the coroner's office in Chapter 20?
(a) Fresno.
(b) Bakersfield.
(c) Barstow.
(d) San Francisco.

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) 9.
(c) 13.
(d) 11.

9. 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.

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

11. The narrator in Chapter 19 says that "represssion works only to" do what (238)?
(a) "Atone for the past."
(b) "Bring forth structure and the word of God."
(c) "Bring forth common enemies."
(d) "Strengthen and knit the oppressed."

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

13. Of what does one of the listeners say he would "cord 'em up around me like wood, an I'd eat my way out" if he were rich in Chapter 23?
(a) Strip steak.
(b) Pork chops.
(c) Slabs of bacon.
(d) Noodles.

14. What does Rose of Sharon say Connie wants to study by correspondence in Chapter 16?
(a) Architecture.
(b) Mechanical engineering.
(c) Agriculture.
(d) Radio.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose music does Bill the truck driver's friend play on the phonograph in Chapter 15?

2. What is the name of Timothy Wallace's son?

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

4. How much money does Ma give to Tom when she goes to see him at his hideout in Chapter 28?

5. How much does the farmer at the cotton ranch charge the workers for a bag for picking in Chapter 27?

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