This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > American Classics > The Grapes Of Wrath > The Grapes Of Wrath – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Grapes Of Wrath Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Something done in a tired or exhausted way A) Annoyance (noun). B) Wearily (adverb). C) Fiercely (adverb). D) Faltering (adjective). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wearily (adverb). 2. 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) An employer who always encourages her workers. B) A dictator who treats his subjects cruelly. C) A teacher who knows little about instruction. D) A politician who raises money for a campaign. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A dictator who treats his subjects cruelly. 3. What is the synonym for 'ruthless'? A) Ruthless. B) Compassionate. C) Kind. D) Lacking compassion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lacking compassion. 4. 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. 5. What is the meaning of "fiercely" ? A) Something that is irritating or causing trouble. B) Something done in a tired or exhausted way. C) Starting to lose strength; hesitating. D) Something done with strong emotions or aggressively. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Something done with strong emotions or aggressively. 6. 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) His personal history. C) A new life in another place. D) A love of the outdoors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His personal history. 7. 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). 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. How does the narrator feel about his upcoming journey? A) Relaxed. B) Enthusiastic. C) Discouraged. D) Excited. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Discouraged. 11. 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. 12. 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) Burn them. C) Give them away. D) Leave them for others. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Burn them. 13. In the excerpt, how does the narrator mainly feel toward those he interacts with in town? A) Bitter. B) Indifferent. C) Grateful. D) Satisfied. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bitter. 14. 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. 15. What are the characters main feeling? A) Hope. B) Bitterness. C) Gratitude. D) Anger. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bitterness. 16. 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. 17. 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. 18. 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 didn't like change. B) People hoped they could find a better life. C) People found new adventures to be exciting. D) People liked the safety of home. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) People hoped they could find a better life. 19. 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. 20. 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. 21. Softly bright or radiant. A) Lucent. B) Languid. C) Rout. D) Inveterate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lucent. 22. What is the meaning of understandingly? A) Acting wildly with anger, worry, or pain. B) In a knowing way, kindly. C) In an unsure or cautious manner. D) With eager interest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In a knowing way, kindly. 23. 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. 24. To let out slowly A) Expelled (verb). B) Insistent (adjective). C) Trousers (noun). D) Resignedly (adverb). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expelled (verb). 25. What part of speech is enthusiastically? A) Adverb. B) They tend. C) Noun. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adverb. 26. After leaving Weedpatch and finding work in the cotton fields, what structure do the Joads live in? A) A boxcar. B) A truck. C) A cardboard box. D) A tent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A boxcar. 27. How did the first Joad family member die? A) Stroke. B) Food Poisoning. C) Dehydration. D) Hit by a truck. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stroke. 28. 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. 29. 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. 30. 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) Trying to talk. B) Starting to talk. C) Unable to talk. D) Able to talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unable to talk. 31. Which of these people would most likely be described as "ruthless" ? A) A politician who raises money for a campaign. B) A dictator who treats his subject cruelly. C) An employer who always encourages her workers. D) A teacher who knows little about instruction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A dictator who treats his subject cruelly. 32. 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. 33. 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. 34. 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) Unconcerned. D) Discouraged. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Discouraged. 35. What is one theme from the story? A) Bitterness is always the answer. B) People have too many problems. C) All people have some sort of pain or challenge in their life. D) Life is easy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All people have some sort of pain or challenge in their life. 36. If I lose my possessions, that means I lose ..... A) My mind. B) My patience. C) My things. D) My temper. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My things. 37. Having a particular habit, activity, or interest that is long-established and unlikely to change. A) Inveterate. B) Languid. C) Bemused. D) Tributary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inveterate. 38. What is evidence that the family is poor? A) The man's blue shirt is soaked with sweat. B) The man wants to fill his car with water. C) The boys wear only ragged and patched overalls. D) The car is filled with their belongings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The boys wear only ragged and patched overalls. 39. What does Tom learn about competitive wages in CA after talking to Floyd Knowles? A) Workers compete by working for lower wages. B) Wages are guaranteed. C) Wages offer profitsharing. D) Wages were raised. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Workers compete by working for lower wages. 40. According to what Al heard, If Tom gets caught outside of the state, how many more years will he have to serve in jail? A) 3. B) 5. C) 1. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 41. Which word means to work hard and with difficulty? A) Sorrow. B) Bitterness. C) Whelp (v.). D) Toil (v.). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Toil (v.). 42. Which character is pregnant? A) I Joad. B) Ruthie. C) Belle. D) Rose of Sharon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rose of Sharon. 43. You're buying years of work, ..... in the sun A) Toil. B) Sorrow. C) Bitterness. D) Doomed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Toil. 44. Who can't wait to get to California and have some grapes? A) Cases. B) Al. C) Grampa. D) Noah. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grampa. 45. What does the man ask to buy? A) Fifteen cents worth of bread. B) Ten cents worth of bread. C) Sodas for the whole family. D) Sandwiches and hamburgers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ten cents worth of bread. 46. What does 'bitterness' refer to? A) Excitement. B) Satisfaction. C) Resentment. D) Joy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resentment. 47. What final act of kindness (sense of community) do the Joads perform for the Wilsons before they leave them behind? A) They give them clothes. B) They give them Casy. C) They give them Pokemon cards. D) They give them their car. E) They give them food and money. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) They give them food and money. 48. Deviate means depart, especially from a path or plan? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 49. Stiff; Not bending A) Timidly (adverb). B) Fiercely (adverb). C) Rigid (adjective). D) Sullenly (adverb). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rigid (adjective). 50. While in the new camp, Pa learns from a stranger, that the jobs in CA are ..... A) Designed to exploit migrants. B) Recruiting illegal immigrants. C) Paying top dollar. D) Seasonal work only. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Designed to exploit migrants. 51. How do the characters feel about moving? A) Discouraged. B) Angry. C) Excited. D) Sad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Discouraged. 52. Olivia, Mason, and Luna are planning a surprise party for their friend. However, they heard a rumor that their friend already knows about the surprise. In this scenario, would you say their plan is doomed to be successful? A) It depends. B) Yes. C) Maybe. D) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No. 53. What does Tom realize about the service station owner in Chapter 12? A) He's exploiting the poor who have been kicked off their land. B) He's doing just as poorly as everyone else and is prepared to move West as well. C) He's cheating those who fill up at his station by diluting the gasoline. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He's doing just as poorly as everyone else and is prepared to move West as well. 54. In the beginning, what are the Joad family members about to do? A) Leave behind their family home. B) Start a new farming business. C) Help out their neighbors who are moving. D) Getting ready for harvest season. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leave behind their family home. 55. Confused by many conflicting situations or statements. A) Supplication. B) Prodigal. C) Inveterate. D) Bemused. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bemused. 56. The "divide" that is referred to in paragraph 1 in Chapter 12 most likely means? A) The Continental Divide. B) The line that separates North from South. C) The line dividing the Dust Bowl from the rest of the nation. D) The line separating the good states from the bad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Continental Divide. 57. Aria, Ava, and Samuel were about to leave for their international school trip. Suddenly, Jorge realized he couldn't find his passport and started searching for it frantically. Was Jorge in a rush to find his passport? A) I don't know. B) Not sure. C) No. D) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yes. 58. In Chapter 8, we meet Al, Tom Joad's younger brother ..... When Tom doesn't recognize Tom at first, he swaggers into the house, but once he recognizes Tom, what happens? A) "admiration and veneration shown in his eyes". B) "his eyes shown with anger". C) "His mouth quivered and he cried". D) "He ran to his brother and hugged him". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "admiration and veneration shown in his eyes". 59. What is the meaning of "Insistent" ? A) To let out slowly. B) Demanding. C) Each one; individually. D) Being humble; modest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Demanding. 60. The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and thenPart B.Part A In the excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath, how does themain character speaking feel about his upcoming journey? A) Thrilled. B) Discouraged. C) Calm. D) Unconcerned. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Discouraged. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAmerican Classics QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesThe Grapes Of Wrath Quiz 1The Grapes Of Wrath Quiz 2The Grapes Of Wrath Quiz 4The Grapes Of Wrath Quiz 5The Grapes Of Wrath Quiz 6The Grapes Of Wrath Quiz 7 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books