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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. Whose pigtails does Tom say he was pulling on the day he was baptized in Chapter 4?
(a) Annie Wilson's.
(b) Mary Smart's.
(c) Susy Little's.
(d) Mae Rogers'.

2. Approximately when did the Dust Bowl occur?
(a) 1930-1932.
(b) 1934-1940.
(c) 1919-1925.
(d) 1939-1944.

3. What parts of a car does the narrator say "can rattle till Jesus comes again with no harm" in Chapter 12 (120)?
(a) Tappets.
(b) Con-rods.
(c) Rims.
(d) Radiators.

4. What book does Tom say he mixes up with Scripture in Chapter 10?
(a) The Talmud.
(b) The Little Prince.
(c) The Winning of Barbara Worth.
(d) Dr. Miles' Almanac.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom Joad offer the truck driver a "snort" of in Chapter 2 (14)?

2. What kind of preacher does Casy say he was in Chapter 4?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the setting of Oklahoma as introduced in Chapter 1. What are the circumstances of the inhabitants here?

2. Why do the Joads and Wilsons decide to travel together?

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

4. Whom do Jim and Tom encounter at the Joad homestead in Chapter 6? How is this character described?

5. Why does Jim Casy ask to accompany the Joads? Why do they let him?

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

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

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

9. Why does Tom take the turtle with him in Chapter 4?

10. What is the spanse of Highway 66? What is the status of this road today?

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