This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > American Classics > The Grapes Of Wrath > The Grapes Of Wrath – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Grapes Of Wrath Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the sheriff's announcement to the Joads as he visits from tent to tent? A) Welcome to California. B) Okies aren't wanted. C) Go to the government camp. D) Help is on the way. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Okies aren't wanted. 2. What theme is suggested by this passage from the story: "To California or any place-every one a drum major leading a parade of hurts, marching with our bitterness." A) Being bitter will never make your live easier. B) Everybody carries personal pain in their life. C) We can escape our bitterness by moving locations. D) People need to rise above their petty problems. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Everybody carries personal pain in their life. 3. When the father wants to buy the candy for the boys, what does it show about his character? A) He is annoyed with the boys wanting junk food. B) He loves his sons and does what he can to treat them well. C) He wants to spoil his children with treats. D) He wants to annoy Mae even more. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He loves his sons and does what he can to treat them well. 4. When the narrator says, "You're not buying only junk, you're buying junked lives, " what does he mean? A) The people who owned the junk have lives that now seem worthless. B) The people who buy the junk have bad taste. C) Junk only has value when people appreciate it. D) People should not sell their junk to someone else. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The people who owned the junk have lives that now seem worthless. 5. Even though Casy again claims that he is no longer a preacher, why does Sairy Wilson really want him to pray for her? A) She wants him to understand that he is still a preacher. B) She knows she's going to die. C) She believes his prayers can bring her good luck. D) She believes his prayers have power and can bring her comfort or healing. E) She's actually bored from being sick all the time, and wants Casy's companionship. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She knows she's going to die. 6. What part of speech is wearily in the following sentence?Papa sighed, wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve and said wearily, "Es todo." A) Noun. B) Pronoun. C) Verb. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adverb. 7. Ramon was filled with ..... after loosing the elections. A) Doomed. B) Ruthless. C) Toil. D) Bitterness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bitterness. 8. How do the characters feel about their horses? A) They are expensive. B) They work hard. C) They love the horses. D) They would rather have cows. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They love the horses. 9. What technique does John Steinbeck, the author, use to show that the family is poor? A) Imagery:highly descriptive language to describe the characters. B) Dramatic Irony:by describing how little the family has because the reader knows how much they will get in California. C) Alliteration:repeating a sound in words to show Mae feeling annoyed. D) Humor:to show how funny the boys look in overalls. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery:highly descriptive language to describe the characters. 10. How'll it be not to know what land's outside the door? How if you wake up in the night and know-and know the willow tree's not there? Can you live without the willow tree? Well, no, you can't. The willow tree is you. What does the willow tree represent? A) The characters' lost childhood dreams. B) The characters' new life in another place. C) The characters' love of the outdoors. D) The characters' personal histories. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The characters' personal histories. 11. What did it show of the man's personality that he wanted to buy his boys some candy (a luxury)? A) That he wanted to take advantage of Mae's kindness. B) That he was a cheap person. C) That he was a caring father. D) That he wanted Mae's help. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That he was a caring father. 12. Who does the "monster" represent? A) The tenants. B) The tractor driver. C) The bank. D) Tom Joad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The bank. 13. Which word means a long-established custom or practice; the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation. A) Culture. B) Generation. C) Tradition. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tradition. 14. Not changing; not giving in A) Inflexible (adjective). B) Faltering (adjective). C) Fiercely (adverb). D) Insistent (adjective). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inflexible (adjective). 15. What does Ma Joad reveal about Grandma's condition as they travel past the checkpoint? A) She is recovering. B) Her condition is deteriorating slowly. C) She has a temporary fever. D) She has been dead for the latter part of the trip. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She has been dead for the latter part of the trip. 16. Where are the characters moving to? A) California. B) St. Louis Fair. C) Home. D) Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) California. 17. Where is the family moving to? A) Texas. B) California. C) Montana. D) New York. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) California. 18. Great sadness; suffering A) Sorrow. B) Bitterness. C) Toil. D) Frantically. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sorrow. 19. What did people do with items they couldn't sell or take with them? A) Give them away. B) Burn them. C) Leave them behind. D) Share them with the homeless. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Burn them. 20. What does "you're buying junked lives" mean? A) The owners of the belongings have lives that appear worthless. B) People who buy junk have nothing else to do. C) People who buy junk like to hoard items. D) People who sell junk don't want any money. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The owners of the belongings have lives that appear worthless. Next →Related QuizzesAmerican Classics QuizzesThe Grapes Of Wrath Quiz 2The Grapes Of Wrath Quiz 3The Grapes Of Wrath Quiz 4The Grapes Of Wrath Quiz 5The Grapes Of Wrath Quiz 6The Grapes Of Wrath Quiz 7The Grapes Of Wrath Quiz 8The Grapes Of Wrath Quiz 9The Grapes Of Wrath Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books