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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 the name of the neighbors to the Joads at the cotton ranch in Chapter 28?
(a) The Kimbles.
(b) The Wilsons.
(c) The Charlestons.
(d) The Wainwrights.

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

3. What does Ma catch Rose of Sharon sucking on after dinner in Chapter 26?
(a) A chicken foot.
(b) A rotten pork chop.
(c) A beef bone.
(d) A dirty piece of lime.

4. What does the guard of the Weedpatch camp say that the Central Committee voted regarding preachers in the camp?
(a) That preachers were welcome only on Sundays.
(b) That no preacher was allowed to take up a collection.
(c) That no preacher was allowed inside the park at all.
(d) That no preacher was allowed to sing.

5. What sound awakens Tom as he sleeps in the truck on the Joads' first night at the Weedpatch camp?
(a) Howling wolves.
(b) Gunshots.
(c) Howling coyotes.
(d) Clashing iron.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ma give to Rose of Sharon to cheer her up in Chapter 26?

2. What is Jule Vitela's heritage described as in Chapter 24?

3. Who are described as "great men" in the fruit orchards of California in Chapter 25 (346)?

4. 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?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What leads to Jim's death and Tom's flight in Chapter 26?

3. How does the narrator describe California's history in Chapter 19?

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

5. Why did the residents of California hate the migrants when they arrived, according to the narrator in Chapter 19?

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

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

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

9. How do the families respond when they learn of Al's proposal for marriage with Aggie? Why?

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

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