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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the narrator say that the owners followed by importing "slaves" in Chapter 19?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) Israel.
(d) Rome.

4. What is Jule Vitela's heritage described as in Chapter 24?
(a) Mexican.
(b) Half black.
(c) Full-blooded Cherokee.
(d) Half Cherokee.

5. 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) 20.
(b) 50.
(c) 40.
(d) 60.

6. How much did the job pay that Pa and Uncle John missed out on that morning in Chapter 24?
(a) 40 cents an hour.
(b) 30 cents an hour.
(c) 50 cents an hour.
(d) 20 cents an hour.

7. What does Timothy Wallace define a vagrant as in Chapter 24 (334)?
(a) "Anybody who don't have an address."
(b) "Anybody not from here."
(c) "Anybody a cop don't like."
(d) "Anybody without money."

8. By what time of day is the 20-acre cotton field completely picked in Chapter 28?
(a) 4:00 p.m.
(b) 6:00 p.m.
(c) 9:00 p.m.
(d) 11:00 a.m.

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

10. On what day of the week is the dance held at the Weedpatch camp in Chapter 24?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Thursday.

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

12. How much does the farmer at the cotton ranch charge the workers for a bag for picking in Chapter 27?
(a) $2.
(b) $1.
(c) $5.
(d) $4.

13. 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) $50.
(c) $30.
(d) $30.

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

15. Where does the man on the highway tell the Joads to go work picking peaches in Chapter 26?
(a) Hooper ranch.
(b) Rossfield Ranch.
(c) Double R Ranch.
(d) Rogers Ranch.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Timothy Wallace say he had to sell his car for in Chapter 22?

2. Ma tells Tom in the beginning of Chapter 26 that he has no right to get what?

3. In the line in which the title of the novel appears in Chapter 25, the narrator states, "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for" what (349)?

4. What does Ma give to Rose of Sharon to cheer her up in Chapter 26?

5. Who were the only people in California that were happy about the Okies pouring in, according to the narrator in Chapter 21?

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