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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. Of what does one of the listeners say he would "cord 'em up around me like wood, an I'd eat my way out" if he were rich in Chapter 23?
(a) Strip steak.
(b) Noodles.
(c) Slabs of bacon.
(d) Pork chops.

2. Whose music does Bill the truck driver's friend play on the phonograph in Chapter 15?
(a) Frank Sinatra's.
(b) Bart Freeman's.
(c) Miles Davis's.
(d) Bing Crosby's.

3. 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 nobody."
(b) "A worse plight to humanity than roaches."
(c) "A dirty son-of-a-bitch."
(d) "A thieving jackass bandit."

4. What does Ma take Tom for dinner at his hideout by the willow trees in Chapter 28?
(a) Steak and potatoes.
(b) Pork chops and potatoes.
(c) Chicken and dumplings.
(d) Chicken pot pies.

5. What does Al steal to make a ridge pole on the truck in Chapter 16?
(a) A fence rail.
(b) A pencil.
(c) A bayonette.
(d) A cabin door.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who in the migrant camps generally are responsible for pitching the tents and bringing down the beds, according to the narrator in Chapter 17?

2. What disease that caues inflammation of the spine is described in Chapter 21?

3. Who is described as "bull-simple" at the migrant camp in Chapter 20 (244)?

4. How much money does the man offer for picking cotton that Ma encounters on her way back to the camp after seeing Tom in Chapter 28?

5. How far are the Joads and Wilsons from Albuquerque when the touring car breaks down in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What are the impacts of industrialization in agriculture according to the narrator in Chapter 21?

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

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

7. What do the migrant and his son ask for at the diner in Chapter 15? What do they receive?

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

9. Where do the Joads and Wilsons stop to camp after crossing the California border? How is this setting described?

10. What amenties are provided at the Weedpatch camp and how do the Joads respond to finding these amenities?

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