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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the tenant farmer holding as he watches the tractor wreck his home in Chapter 5?
(a) A bayonette.
(b) A rifle.
(c) A dagger.
(d) A rake.

2. The narrator states in Chapter 11, "... the machine man, driving a dead tractor on land he does not know and love, understands only" what (117)?
(a) "Dirt."
(b) "Commerce."
(c) "Chemistry."
(d) "Capital."

3. What did Tom use to kill the man that pulled a knife on him in a bar fight?
(a) A flip-blade.
(b) A hammer.
(c) A shovel.
(d) A pistol.

4. What does Tom say is the first thing that kids do when they know a house is empty in Chapter 6?
(a) Throw rocks at the windows.
(b) Come inside to steal things.
(c) Call the police.
(d) Make up ghost stories.

5. How much does the owner of the used car lot tell Jim to sell the Chevy for with the bad rear end in Chapter 7?
(a) $35.
(b) $47.
(c) $76.
(d) $55.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the pretty town that is described on the border of California in Chapter 12?

2. What does the driver of the truck do as it approaches the turtle on the highway in Chapter 3?

3. What happens to the Joads' dog in Chapter 13?

4. What does the willow tree hang over at the Joad homestead?

5. Who drives the truck after the Joads leave the gas station in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tom discover when he reaches his family's homestead in Chapter 6?

2. Who are Tom's siblings and how old are they?

3. How does Tom's family respond upon seeing him in Chapter 8?

4. What information does Tom reveal about Uncle John in Chapter 8?

5. How are the circumstances of the landowners described in Chapter 5?

6. How are the used car lot owners described in Chapter 7?

7. What happens to the Joads' dog at the gas station in Chapter 13?

8. What hopes and aspirations do the Joad family members have for California before they set out?

9. How does the narrator describe the vacant farmsteads in Chapter 11?

10. How does the narrator describe the spirit of man in Chapter 14?

(see the answer keys)

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