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

2. How long does Tom say he has been away from home in Chapter 4?
(a) Eight years.
(b) Two years.
(c) Six years.
(d) Four years.

3. When the narrator describes a tractor in Chapter 11, he states, "The heat goes out of it like the living heat that leaves a corpse" (117). What literary device is employed in this sentence?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Simile.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Assonance.

4. What happens when the red ant attacks the turtle in Chapter 3?
(a) The turtle crawls into the stream.
(b) The turtle runs into a car.
(c) The turtle squashes it with its shell.
(d) The turtle is killed by the ant's venom.

5. The narrator describes Highway 66 as "the mother road, the road of" what, in Chapter 12 (119)?
(a) "The outlaw."
(b) "Danger."
(c) "Flight."
(d) "Retribution."

Short Answer Questions

1. Of whom does Tom say in Chapter 8, "He's gettin' screwy like a gopher, livin' like he does" (69)?

2. Where is Ivy Wilson traveling West from?

3. What is the name of the dog that Tom recognizes among the others in Chapter 8?

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

5. What crop is growing across Tom's homestead when he arrives in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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