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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 does the narrator say that the owners followed by importing "slaves" in Chapter 19?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) Rome.
(d) Israel.

2. Who in the migrant camps generally are responsible for pitching the tents and bringing down the beds, according to the narrator in Chapter 17?
(a) The men.
(b) The children.
(c) The elders.
(d) The women.

3. For how long does Timothy Wallace say he and his son have been in California in Chapter 22?
(a) Ten months.
(b) Two months.
(c) Two years.
(d) Six months.

4. What does Ma give to Rose of Sharon to cheer her up in Chapter 26?
(a) A seashell necklace.
(b) A photograph.
(c) A ring.
(d) A pair of earrings.

5. In Chapter 16, the narrator says of the Joads and Wilsons, "Two days the families were in flight, but on the third the land was too huge for them and they settled into a new technique of living; the highways became their home and movement their medium of" what (164)?
(a) "Prayer."
(b) "Observance."
(c) "Expression."
(d) "Solitude."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who tells the waitress to give the passing migrants a loaf of bread in Chapter 15?

3. In what type of housing unit do the Joads live while working cotton in Chapter 28?

4. Who among the migrants take on the duties of cooking dinner, according to the narrator in Chapter 17?

5. How much does Tom say Pa paid to get a painted piece of board stuck up over Granma in Chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are Rose of Sharon's hopes for the new land in California in Chapter 16?

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

4. Who are the scientists that are described in Chapter 25?

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

6. How is the system of law and order developed among the migrant camps according to the narrator in Chapter 17?

7. What does "Hooverville" refer to in the text and historically?

8. What are Al's objectives at the Weedpatch camp's Saturday dance?

9. How do the farm owners benefit from the masses of the arriving Okies?

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

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