This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > American Classics > The Grapes Of Wrath > The Grapes Of Wrath – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Grapes Of Wrath Quiz 7 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the choice that best answers the question. According to the excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath, where is the narrator planning to travel? A) The St. Louis Fair. B) The East Coast. C) His hometown. D) California. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) California. 2. What do Ma and Tom worry about at the beginning of the chapter? A) The amount of money the fellows will get for the stuff they took to sell. B) That things are all right in California. C) That they get to California safely. D) That the kids will decide not to go. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That things are all right in California. 3. The whole excerpt creates a mood of ..... A) Excitement. B) Tension. C) Bitterness. D) Hope. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bitterness. 4. "They's a time of change, an' when that comes, dyin' is a piece of all dyin', and bearin' is a piece of all bearin', an bearin' an' dyin' is two pieces of the same thing." What is Ma Joad talking about in this quote? A) Life. B) Death. C) Humanity. D) Faith. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humanity. 5. Something done in a tired or exhausted way A) Fiercely (adverb). B) Wearily (adverb). C) Annoyance (noun). D) Faltering (adjective). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wearily (adverb). 6. Identify the choice that best answers the question. Which of these people would most likely be described as ruthless? Base your 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. 7. Culvert A) A tunnel carrying a stream or drain under a road. B) To be sneaky and mischevious. C) A con artist. D) A path of danger and toil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A tunnel carrying a stream or drain under a road. 8. What is the synonym for 'ruthless'? A) Lacking compassion. B) Kind. C) Ruthless. D) Compassionate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lacking compassion. 9. What does historical fiction mean? A) The characters are real people, but the setting and conflict are fake. B) The characters are fake, but the setting and conflict are real. C) The characters, setting, and conflict are all fake. D) The characters, setting, and conflict are all real. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The characters are fake, but the setting and conflict are real. 10. What is the meaning of "fiercely" ? A) Something done with strong emotions or aggressively. B) Starting to lose strength; hesitating. C) Something that is irritating or causing trouble. D) Something done in a tired or exhausted way. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Something done with strong emotions or aggressively. 11. Read this passage from the excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath: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 to the narrator? A) His lost childhood dreams. B) A new life in another place. C) A love of the outdoors. D) His personal history. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His personal history. 12. What is the meaning of "trousers" ? A) To let out slowly. B) Each one; individually. C) Pants (British). D) Something done with strong emotions or aggressively. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pants (British). 13. If you were to do your homework frantically, which of the following is most likely true? A) You do your homework slowly and carefully. B) You thought doing your homework wasn't important. C) You panicked when you realized your homework for tomorrow was not finished. D) You have already finished your homework and look at it again to make sure it is free of errors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) You panicked when you realized your homework for tomorrow was not finished. 14. Why is the family moving? A) Farming is no longer an option and they have no money. B) They don't like Oklahoma anymore. C) They found better jobs. D) There is too much rain in Oklahoma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Farming is no longer an option and they have no money. 15. How does the narrator feel about his upcoming journey? A) Excited. B) Relaxed. C) Discouraged. D) Enthusiastic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Discouraged. 16. According to the chapter, what would happen if the car broke down in between towns? A) They would wait for the next car to come by to help. B) A family member would walk all the way to wherever the next town is and walk back. C) They would spend the night wherever they broke down. D) They would all die because they had no food. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A family member would walk all the way to wherever the next town is and walk back. 17. What do the characters in the excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath do with the belongings that they cannot sell or take with them? A) Drop them by the road. B) Leave them for others. C) Give them away. D) Burn them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Burn them. 18. In the excerpt, how does the narrator mainly feel toward those he interacts with in town? A) Grateful. B) Bitter. C) Satisfied. D) Indifferent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bitter. 19. In The Grapes of Wrath the characters are selling: A) Their house and land. B) Their extra food and baked goods. C) Stuff they can't carry with them and horses. D) Nachos and Diet Coke. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stuff they can't carry with them and horses. 20. What are the characters main feeling? A) Bitterness. B) Anger. 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