This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > American Classics > The Grapes Of Wrath > The Grapes Of Wrath – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Grapes Of Wrath Quiz 8 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. As their house burned down, the family frantically tried to save as many of their possessions as possible. A) With great anger and frustration. B) Destined to have a bad outcome. C) Having no compassion or pity. D) Acting wildly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Acting wildly. 2. Why do you think Al was "a little disappointed" at the end of the chapter that Tom had gotten paroled and broke out of prison? A) Al looked up to his brother and wanted him to have busted out of prison so he seemed like more of a bad guy. B) Al wanted to get his brother in trouble. C) Al didn't want his brother to go to California with the family. D) Al didn't see the worth in letting his brother travel if he was going to get the family in trouble. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Al looked up to his brother and wanted him to have busted out of prison so he seemed like more of a bad guy. 3. What does the following passage reveal about the cultural context of the story?"Maybe we can start again, in the new rich land ..... We'll start over." A) People found new adventures to be exciting. B) People didn't like change. C) People liked the safety of home. D) People hoped they could find a better life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) People hoped they could find a better life. 4. What does hesitantly mean in the following sentence?"Would you like to read?" he asked hesitantly. A) In an unsure or cautious way. B) Done automatically, without thinking. C) In a tired manner. D) Completely, entirely. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In an unsure or cautious way. 5. How is "The Dust Bowl" portrayed in the story? A) Through real-life characters. B) Through fictional characters. C) It is not portrayed at all in the story. D) Exactly as it happened in real life. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Through fictional characters. 6. Softly bright or radiant. A) Languid. B) Rout. C) Lucent. D) Inveterate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lucent. 7. What is the meaning of understandingly? A) With eager interest. B) In a knowing way, kindly. C) In an unsure or cautious manner. D) Acting wildly with anger, worry, or pain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In a knowing way, kindly. 8. What is the meaning of "Annoyance" ? A) Giving up. B) Something done with strong emotions or agressively. C) Something that is irritating and causing trouble. D) Starting to lose strength, hesitating. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Something that is irritating and causing trouble. 9. To let out slowly A) Insistent (adjective). B) Expelled (verb). C) Trousers (noun). D) Resignedly (adverb). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Expelled (verb). 10. What part of speech is enthusiastically? A) Noun. B) Adverb. C) Verb. D) They tend. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb. 11. After leaving Weedpatch and finding work in the cotton fields, what structure do the Joads live in? A) A tent. B) A boxcar. C) A truck. D) A cardboard box. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A boxcar. 12. How did the first Joad family member die? A) Hit by a truck. B) Dehydration. C) Stroke. D) Food Poisoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stroke. 13. Why does Ma so stubbornly refuse to allow the "Jehovites" to pray for Granma in the Joads' tent? A) Ma thinks the Jehovites are not sincere in their prayers. B) Ma believes the Jehovites' prayers will not be effective. C) Ma thinks the Jehovites are trying to convert Granma to their religion. D) Ma believes they are actually just nuts. E) Ma wants privacy in their time of grief. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Ma wants privacy in their time of grief. 14. What does the narrator think will happen to the junk buyers? A) They enjoy being cheap. B) They are over-paying for the items. C) They have no use for the items. D) They will end up poor and have a similar fate as the narrator. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They will end up poor and have a similar fate as the narrator. 15. The base word "speech" refers to talking. Using this information as well as your knowledge of the suffix-less, to select the correct definition of "speechless." A) Unable to talk. B) Starting to talk. C) Trying to talk. D) Able to talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unable to talk. 16. Which of these people would most likely be described as "ruthless" ? A) A dictator who treats his subject 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 subject cruelly. 17. According to the chapter, a "tenant" is most likely a? A) Person who rents a property from someone else. B) A farmer and his family who rent/lease farm land and farm it in return. C) Someone who rents out their property to someone else. D) Someone who lives in really bad housing units in the city. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A farmer and his family who rent/lease farm land and farm it in return. 18. Why is Mae annoyed with the man at first? A) The man was sweaty and dusty. B) The boys wore only ragged and patched overalls. C) The man was not going to buy anything. D) The car had all of the family's belongings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The man was not going to buy anything. 19. The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B. Part A In the excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath, how does the main character speaking feel about his upcoming journey? A) Calm. B) Thrilled. C) Discouraged. D) Unconcerned. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Discouraged. 20. What is one theme from the story? A) Bitterness is always the answer. B) People have too many problems. 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