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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. About how long does Al tell his girlfriend the Joads will be gone up north in Chapter 26?
(a) Two months.
(b) Six months.
(c) A year.
(d) A month.

2. The stranger and his son that meets the Joads in the river in Chapter 18 tells them, "Well, Okie use' ta mean you was from Oklahoma. Now it means you're" what (205)?
(a) "A worse plight to humanity than roaches."
(b) "A thieving jackass bandit."
(c) "A dirty son-of-a-bitch."
(d) "A nobody."

3. What does the narrator describe as the only two punishments for breaking the unspoken laws within the migrant camps in Chapter 17?
(a) Community service or ostracism.
(b) Enforced slavery or execution.
(c) Imprisonment or public execution.
(d) A quick and murderous fight or ostracism.

4. What does Ruthie beg Ma to get for her and Winfield at the store in Chapter 28?
(a) Cracker Jacks.
(b) Milk.
(c) Candy canes.
(d) Gumdrops.

5. Who is described as "bull-simple" at the migrant camp in Chapter 20 (244)?
(a) The Mobster.
(b) The Nurse.
(c) The Butcher.
(d) The Mayor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Al steal to make a ridge pole on the truck in Chapter 16?

2. What does Tom have for breakfast with fellow campers at the Weedpatch camp on his first morning there?

3. Who drives the touring car as the Joads and Wilsons cross New Mexico in Chapter 16?

4. What setting is described as "the top of it all" in Arizona in Chapter 18 (201)?

5. Where does the man on the highway tell the Joads to go work picking peaches in Chapter 26?

Short Essay Questions

1. What cruelty does the narrator describe in Chapter 25?

2. How is the Joads' new home described in Chapter 28?

3. Who is Floyd Knowles and why is he almost killed?

4. How do the migrant societies entertain themselves, according to the narrator in Chapter 23?

5. Why does Ma refuse to leave Tom and Jim behind in Chapter 16?

6. What does Ruthie do that puts Tom in danger in Chapter 28?

7. How is the plot of the law enforcement thwarted in Chapter 24?

8. Why do the Joads leave the Weedpatch camp? Where do they go next?

9. Where is the Weedpatch camp located and how do the Joads find it?

10. What departures are seen in Chapter 18? Who continues west?

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