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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. How are Tom Joad's clothes described in Chapter 2?
(a) Cheap and new.
(b) Old and ragged.
(c) Covered in mud.
(d) Expensive and new.

2. What two locations does the narrator describe Highway 66 connecting in Chapter 12?
(a) Texas to Los Angeles.
(b) Mississippi to Bakersfield.
(c) Memphis to San Diego.
(d) Oklahoma City to San Francisco.

3. What book does Ma say Tom's Pa's pa confused with Scripture in Chapter 10?
(a) The Virgen de Fatima.
(b) Dr. Miles' Almanac.
(c) A Lost World.
(d) The Winning of Barbara Worth.

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

5. How many cars a day does the man at the gas station say he sees pass on their way to move West in Chapter 13?
(a) 300-350 cars a day.
(b) 200-250 cars a day.
(c) 100-200 cars a day.
(d) 50-60 cars a day.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Tom estimate it will take the Joads to reach their destination in Chapter 10?

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

3. Who does Tom describe having sex in a barn when he brought a heifer to mate with a bull in Chapter 8?

4. What does the truck driver say he is hoping to study through correspondence school in Chapter 2?

5. What setting is described as where the swallows nest that Tom visits before leaving for California in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Tom reveal about his past in Chapter 2?

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

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

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

6. What is the purpose of the author's focus on the turtle in Chapter 3?

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

8. What symbolism is evoked by the tractors in Chapter 11?

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

10. What do the banks represent in the novel?

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