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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 Ivy Wilson's wife's name?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Mona.
(c) Sairy.
(d) Opal.

2. What does Tom Joad offer the truck driver a "snort" of in Chapter 2 (14)?
(a) Gin.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Port.
(d) Tequila.

3. How long had Uncle John been married when his wife died?
(a) Two months.
(b) Four months.
(c) Six months.
(d) Eight months.

4. From what narrative point of view is The Grapes of Wrath related?
(a) Seond person.
(b) Third person.
(c) Fourth person.
(d) First person.

5. What does the sticker on the windshield of the truck say in Chapter 2?
(a) Fares Only.
(b) Fast Tracks.
(c) No Riders.
(d) Hop In.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Grampa Joad die from in Chapter 13?

3. What does the 40-year-old woman do as she approaches the turtle on the highway in Chapter 3?

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

5. Whose pigtails does Tom say he was pulling on the day he was baptized in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What do the banks represent in the novel?

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

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

9. How does the narrator describe the exchange between the migrant and the tire-seller in Chapter 12?

10. Why did Jim Casy give up the ministry?

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