This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > American Classics > The Grapes Of Wrath > The Grapes Of Wrath – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Grapes Of Wrath Quiz 19 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which response supports the junk buyers future suffering? A) Give me five dollars. B) Ten dollars is too much. C) Soon you will be cut down and no one will save you. D) Rain will come and end the drought. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Soon you will be cut down and no one will save you. 2. What part of speech is sorrow in the following sentence?You're buying years of work, toil in the sun; you're buying a sorrow that can't talk. A) Adjective. B) Verb. C) Noun. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noun. 3. What theme is suggested by the following passage?"To California or any other place-every one a drum major leading a parade of hurts, marching with our bitterness." A) Bitterness and anger are never the answer to one's problems. B) Everybody carries personal pain or challenges throughout life. C) People need to learn how to just deal with their problems. D) We can leave bitterness behind if we go somewhere new. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Everybody carries personal pain or challenges throughout life. 4. When the main character speaking in the selection from The Grapes of Wrath says, "You're not buying only junk, you're buying junked lives, " what does he mean? A) Those who buy others' junk have little meaning in their lives. B) The junk represents the now ruined lives of its owners. C) Only people with bad taste would accumulate and sell such rubbish. D) The value of junk is only clear to those who learn to appreciate it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The junk represents the now ruined lives of its owners. 5. The men took in all their possessions to sell including the horses. How much did theye get? A) 20 dollars. B) 50 dollars. C) 150 dollars. D) 18 dollars. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 18 dollars. 6. It is normal to feel sorrow after a pet dies. A) To have no pity or compassion. B) Panic or an inability to think. C) Great sadness. D) Lacking emotion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Great sadness. 7. What might happen to the people who buy the junk? A) They will make good use of it. B) They will regret buying it. C) They will end up like the people selling the junk. D) They will never use it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They will end up like the people selling the junk. 8. What name was given to Okie camps in California? A) Little Oklahomas. B) Countryvilles. C) Hoovervilles. D) Okievilles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hoovervilles. 9. Scuffed means ..... A) To walk without raising the feet from the ground. B) To walk quickly. C) To stride confidently. D) To dance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To walk without raising the feet from the ground. 10. Persevere means differences within a group, variety? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. In the story, why do the characters decide to move away? A) They are being forced off their land by the government. B) They can't survive on the dry farmland anymore. C) They want to live closer to family. D) They have another job waiting for them in another state. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They can't survive on the dry farmland anymore. 12. Who says something over the grave? A) Ma. B) Pa. C) Uncle John. D) Jim Casey. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jim Casey. 13. What is the meaning of "Apiece" ? A) Each one; individually. B) To let out slowly. C) Not changing; not giving in. D) Something done with strong emotions or agressively. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Each one; individually. 14. What is Ma afraid of as they approach the state line? A) Tom will be breaking his parole. B) Once they cross the state line, there's no going back. C) She's never been outside the state before. D) She's worried the family won't make it to California. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tom will be breaking his parole. 15. What do they do with the property that they cannot sell or take with them? A) Leave them. B) Give them away. C) Burn them. D) Drop them by the road. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Burn them. 16. What part of speech is understandingly? A) They tend. B) Adverb. C) Verb. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They tend. 17. What characteristic stands out about the junk yard attendant? A) He is also an Okie. B) He has one arm. C) He has one leg. D) He has one eye. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He has one eye. 18. What was Mae's feelings about those who were stopping at her gas station on their way to California A) She was annoyed that they never bought much and though they were lower class people. B) She was angry that the people were rude and demanding. C) She was sympathetic to their problems. D) She was indifferent to them (did not care at all). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She was annoyed that they never bought much and though they were lower class people. 19. What do the characters do with the belongings they can't take with them? A) They sell them. B) They give them to neighbors. C) They leave them on the side of the road. D) They burn them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They burn them. 20. During a fire drill, how does one act when they lose their way? A) Calmly. B) Frantically. C) Steadily. D) Patiently. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frantically. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAmerican Classics QuizzesThe Grapes Of Wrath Quiz 1The 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books