This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > American Classics > The Grapes Of Wrath > The Grapes Of Wrath – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Grapes Of Wrath Quiz 5 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the sentences best describes bitterness? A) The group of friends who walked out of the party. B) A person who is staring at the sunset. C) A lady who is asking for directions. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The group of friends who walked out of the party. 2. The term "Okie" used to identify the new migrants classifies them as ..... A) Country people. B) Patriotic. C) Good workers. D) Scorned and unwanted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scorned and unwanted. 3. Toil means A) Work hard and with difficulty. B) Easy. C) Smart. D) To work fast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Work hard and with difficulty. 4. Ruthless means A) Helpful. B) Angry. C) Poor. D) Having no compassion or pity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Having no compassion or pity. 5. Having no compassion or pity. A) Frantically. B) Ruthless. C) Toil. D) Sorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ruthless. 6. Cause to separate and go in different directions. A) Dissipate. B) Bemused. C) Fallow. D) Truculent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dissipate. 7. After Tom kills a police officer, where does he hide to avoid being seen? A) In a culvert. B) In a barn. C) Under the Joads' car. D) In an orchard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In a culvert. 8. In a way that shows fear or shyness A) Inflexible (adjective). B) Insistent (adjective). C) Rigid (adjective). D) Timidly (adverb). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Timidly (adverb). 9. What is a sign the narrator is discouraged? A) He is excited to sell his belongings. B) He already bought a new house in California. C) He says "This land is us. We can't start again.". D) He says he has to take everything with him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He says "This land is us. We can't start again.". 10. What does Mae's action in selling the candy for much less than what it really cost show about her personality? A) That she was cold-hearted to suffering. B) That she wanted to get rid of the man quickly. C) That she helped everyone that she could. D) That she understood suffering and cared. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That she understood suffering and cared. 11. Which of these people would most likely be described as ruthless? Baseyour answer on the meaning of ruthless. A) A dictator who treats his subjects cruelly. B) A teacher who knows little about instruction. C) A politician who raises money for a campaign. D) An employer who always encourages her workers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A dictator who treats his subjects cruelly. 12. What does the Old English suffix-less usually indicate about a word in which it appears? A) The word is a verb. B) The word is a noun. C) The word is an adverb. D) The word is an adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The word is an adjective. 13. What is the meaning of "resignedly" ? A) Giving up. B) Demanding. C) Stiff; not bending. D) Pants (British). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Giving up. 14. A mixture of liquids that do not normally stay mixed. A) Beseech. B) Emulsion. C) Tributary. D) Lucent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emulsion. 15. The quote: "twenty families became one family" best represents the theme of ..... A) Dignity, Honor, and Wrath. B) Faith and Guilt. C) Powerlessness, Perseverance, and Resistance. D) Family, Friendship, and Community. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Family, Friendship, and Community. 16. Identify the choice that best answers the question. In the excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath, to what sense does the phrase "red dust" appeal? A) Sight. B) Taste. C) Smell. D) Touch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sight. 17. What is the meaning of "Inflexible" ? A) Stiff; not bending. B) Giving up. C) Not changing; not giving in. D) Being humble; modest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not changing; not giving in. 18. What does Casy say to Uncle John about sin, guilt, and luck in this chapter? (pages 224-25) A) Luck is just somepin people aren't sure about. B) Guilt is when you aren't sure if you've sinned or not-and sin is sompin you give to yerself. C) "I don't believe in sin anymore, and I don't believe in luck. You jus got ta make it on yer own". D) Sin is something you're not sure about-I don't think there's luck or bad luck. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sin is something you're not sure about-I don't think there's luck or bad luck. 19. Work hard and with difficulty A) Doomed. B) Bitterness. C) Toil. D) Sorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Toil. 20. How do the men appear to be at the beginning? A) Ruthless. B) Energetic. C) Surprised. D) Wicked. 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