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

2. What sin does Casy say he committed after his fervent prayer meetings in Chapter 4?
(a) He smoked cigarettes and drank whiskey.
(b) He felt wrath for his constituents.
(c) He had sex with girls in the grass.
(d) He overate.

3. Who was the mother of the baby that was eaten by a pig next to the Joads'?
(a) Dolly Parkins.
(b) Anna Winter.
(c) Molly Rogers.
(d) Milly Jacobs.

4. What crop is growing across Tom's homestead when he arrives in Chapter 6?
(a) Peaches.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Cotton.
(d) Grapes.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the used car lot owner wish he had a thousand of in Chapter 7?

4. What does Tom find on the sink shelf in the kitchen when he enters his abandoned homestead in Chapter 6?

5. How does the narrator describe the sun in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do the banks represent in the novel?

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

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

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

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

7. Where does Tom Joad solicit a ride in Chapter 2? Who gives him a ride?

8. What information is related on the handbills that are discussed in Chapter 10?

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

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

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