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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 Ruthie describe in the picture she saw of the desert once in Chapter 18?
(a) Bones.
(b) Clouds.
(c) Palm trees.
(d) Cacti.

2. How old is the son that is described as killing a deputy with a .22 rifle in Lawrenceville in Chapter 19?
(a) 9.
(b) 13.
(c) 16.
(d) 11.

3. What disease that caues inflammation of the spine is described in Chapter 21?
(a) Rachitic disease.
(b) Cystic fybrosis.
(c) Lymphoma.
(d) Pellagra.

4. Jim Casy says in Chapter 18, "I ain't tryin' to preach no sermon, but I never seen nobody that's busy as a prairie dog collectin' stuff that wasn't" what (207)?
(a) "Married."
(b) "Powerful."
(c) "Disappointed."
(d) "A narcissist."

5. What apparently causes the rattling pound in the touring car in Chapter 16?
(a) Loose gasket.
(b) Broken rims.
(c) Con-rod bearing.
(d) Radiator.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. How much money does Ma give to Tom when she goes to see him at his hideout in Chapter 28?

4. What does Winfield say he hit a boy at the camp that day in Chapter 26?

5. How much money does it cost the Joads to stay at the Weedpatch camp weekly?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How is Mae described in Chapter 15? Who is she excited to see?

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

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

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

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

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