This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > 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 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Panchito's father checked the car ..... before he bought it. A) Frantically. B) Wearily. C) Thoroughly. D) Instinctively. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thoroughly. 2. In the excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath, what are the characters selling? A) Extra food they have in their pantry. B) Assistance for people moving away. C) The house they no longer plan to live in. D) Belongings & horses they hope to get cash for. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Belongings & horses they hope to get cash for. 3. What unexpected problem delays the Joads from leaving Weedpatch? A) A police raid. B) A missing child. C) A flat tire. D) A flash flood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A flat tire. 4. When you get a free gift for buying something else, you are getting a ..... A) Premium. B) Prance. C) Plait. D) Possession. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Premium. 5. What does speechless mean? A) Talking too much. B) Always talking. C) Unable to talk. D) In a hurry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unable to talk. 6. Which word means a condition CAUSING pain or sorrow? A) Ruthless. B) Bitterness. C) Sorrow. D) Toil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bitterness. 7. What is the theme statement that DOES NOT apply to the text? A) There's a light at the end of the tunnel. B) Moving can be a way for some to deal with adveristy. C) Overcoming adversity is always a challenge. D) When there's a will, there's a way. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When there's a will, there's a way. 8. Who volunteers to stay with the Wilson's car after it breaks down? A) Mr. Wilson and Tom. B) Tom, Pa, and Al. C) Tom, Jim Casy, and Al. D) Noah, Al, and Tom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tom, Jim Casy, and Al. 9. Which context clue tells you the family loves the horses? A) The horses look the same. B) She rubbed the soft noses with her cheek. C) The horses sniff the air. D) The horses run free. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She rubbed the soft noses with her cheek. 10. After thinking about the imagery in The Grapes of Wrath, what sense does "red dust" appeal to? A) Touch. B) Taste. C) Sight. D) Smell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sight. 11. Something that is irritating or causing trouble A) Annoyance (noun). B) Wearily (adverb). C) Apiece (adverb). D) Resignedly (adverb). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Annoyance (noun). 12. The teacher in "The Circuit" acted ..... when he recognized that Panchito was not ready to read aloud to the class. A) Understandingly. B) Hesitantly. C) Eagerly. D) Frantically. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Understandingly. 13. Identify the choice that best answers the question. What does this passage from the excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath most likely reveal about the cultural context of the story? Maybe we can start again, in the new rich land ..... We'll start over. A) People hoped they could find a better life. B) People made suggestions but never acted. C) People loved embarking on new adventures. D) People preferred the safety of staying put. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People hoped they could find a better life. 14. What illness was responsible for the majority of infant deaths in CA camps? A) Measles. B) Chicken pox. C) Polio. D) Pellagra. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pellagra. 15. Which of the sentences best describes doomed? A) Kris has been a class president since elementary. B) The team was not in good shape. And their best players were injured. C) Gracie likes to read something that has to do with future. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The team was not in good shape. And their best players were injured. 16. " ..... hair, eyes, lips, nails, brows ..... "(211). A) Epistrophe. B) Alliteration. C) Multi-connector. D) Unconnected. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unconnected. 17. Since she was pregnant, Uncle John would have liked to give up his seat of honor in the car to Rose of Sharon, but couldn't. Why not? A) She was too big. B) She was young and a woman. C) She was too scared. D) She wasn't going. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was young and a woman. 18. What is the meaning of "faltering" ? A) Sadly; in a depressing and gloomy way. B) Starting to lose strength; hesitating. C) In a way that shows fear or shyness. D) Stiff; not bending. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Starting to lose strength; hesitating. 19. What do the characters do with the belongings they can't sell? A) Drop them off on the side of the road. B) Give them to their neighbors. C) Burn them. D) Throw them away. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Burn them. 20. Left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season. A) Dissipate. B) Conjecture. C) Fallow. D) Lithe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fallow. 21. What allowed the Americans to seize California from the Mexicans, according to chapter 19? A) Their work ethic. B) Their hunger for the land. C) The assistance of the military. D) Big corporations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Their hunger for the land. 22. What does the term "bull simple" used by the camp mayor mean? A) To act tough and resist. B) To work long hours without complaint. C) To play dumb to avoid confrontation. D) To be dominant and unapologetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To play dumb to avoid confrontation. 23. If I plaited your hair, I ..... A) Brushed it. B) Washed it. C) Curled it. D) Braided it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Braided it. 24. That were the main characters? A) Tom Joah, ma, pa, rose of sharon. B) Uncle Joah, Noah Grandfather, Grandmother. C) Tom Joah and Ruthie. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tom Joah, ma, pa, rose of sharon. 25. The father is hopeful about starting afresh in California. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 26. What is the meaning of "humility" ? A) Giving up. B) Pants (British). C) Stiff; not bending. D) Being humble; modest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Being humble; modest. 27. Where is Oklahoma located? A) America. B) Mexico. C) United States. D) Canada. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) United States. 28. Devoid of intelligence. A) Bemused. B) Fallow. C) Lucent. D) Fatuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fatuous. 29. What part of speech is toil? A) Adverb. B) Verb. C) Verb. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb. 30. Who is the husband of the pregnant character? A) John. B) Connie. C) Pete. D) James. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connie. 31. Which of the Joads dies first? A) Noah. B) Grampa. C) Pa. D) Granma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grampa. 32. Highway 66 is more commonly known as what? A) HWY 66. B) 1-5 Corridor. C) Route Awesome. D) Route 66. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Route 66. 33. Why is the family traveling to California? A) To run away from the law. B) They are rich and want to live on the coast. C) To escape an environmental disaster. D) They already have family in California. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To escape an environmental disaster. 34. As the island sank beneath the ocean, all of the animals living there were doomed. A) With great sadness or sorrow. B) Destined to have a bad outcome. C) Punished for bad behavior. D) Extremely unlucky. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Destined to have a bad outcome. 35. What happens with Rosasharn and Connie at the camp? A) Rosasharn gives birth. B) Connie finds a job. C) They argue and breakup. D) Connie abandons Rosasharn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Connie abandons Rosasharn. 36. Noah decides to leave the family mid-trip claiming he ..... A) Wishes to return to CA. B) Will go to another state. C) Is morally and emotionally exhausted and can't continue. D) Fell in love with a girl at the camp. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is morally and emotionally exhausted and can't continue. 37. Being humble; Modest A) Humility (adjective). B) Annoyance (noun). C) Faltering (adjective). D) Sullenly (adverb). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humility (adjective). 38. Sadly; in a depressing and gloomy way A) Trousers (noun). B) Annoyance (noun). C) Inflexible (adjective). D) Sullenly (adverb). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sullenly (adverb). 39. Dentify the choice that best answers the question. If a woman digs through her purse frantically, which of the following is most likely true? Base your answer on the meaning of frantically. A) She behaves in a way meant to amuse her companions. B) She suggests that the purse does not really belong to her. C) She searches for her belongings in a slow, careful way. D) She panics when she does not find what she seeks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She panics when she does not find what she seeks. 40. According to the excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath, where are thecharacters planning to travel? A) California. B) The St. Louis Fair. C) The East Coast. D) Their hometown. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) California. 41. Which word means destined to a bad outcome? A) Wearily. B) Doomed. C) Thoroughly. D) Sorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Doomed. 42. Who is the kind camp manager who visits Ma Joad at Weedpatch and makes her feel human again? A) Mr. Thomas. B) Mr. Wallace. C) Mr. Rawley. D) Mr. Huston. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mr. Rawley. 43. What is the narrator's feelings towards other people? A) Indifferent. B) Bitter. C) Excited. D) Sad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bitter. 44. Who kills Jim Casy? A) Tom Joad. B) Communist workers. C) The police. D) Al Joad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The police. 45. In the excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath, 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. 46. What part of speech is ruthless? A) Adjective. B) Pronoun. C) Adverb. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective. 47. What does 'doomed' imply? A) Blessed. B) Lucky. C) Fortunate. D) Unlucky/ Unfortunate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unlucky/ Unfortunate. 48. What family do the Joads meet on the road? A) Wilson. B) Graves. C) Aberdeen. D) Moses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wilson. 49. What is the chapter's general outlook about the banks and their role in farmer's losing everything and moving West? A) The banks not only make people lose their farms, but they get in the hands and brains of those working for them. B) The banks are evil. C) The banks are responsible for all the bad in people's lives. D) The banks are the ones that have caused the issues farmers are facing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The banks not only make people lose their farms, but they get in the hands and brains of those working for them. 50. Which word means in a tired manner? A) Frantically. B) Thoroughly. C) Understandingly. D) Wearily. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wearily. 51. What was the travel map? A) From California to oklahoma. B) From Texas to california. C) From California to mexico. D) From Oklahoma to california. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) From Oklahoma to california. 52. In Chapter 13, who says that he knew the family member was dying? A) Tom Joad. B) Al. C) Uncle John. D) Jim Casey. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jim Casey. 53. Who is someone that would be ruthless? A) Doctor. B) Plumber. C) Farmer. D) Dictator. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dictator. 54. A branch of water that flows into the main river or stream. A) Implement. B) Lithe. C) Conjecture. D) Tributary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tributary. 55. Why does Ma Joad grow uneasy with Rosasharn when talking about California? A) Rosasharn wants to stay in OK. B) Rosasharn prefers TX. C) Rosasharn and Connie plan to live in a town. D) Rosasharn and Connie refuse to go to CA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rosasharn and Connie plan to live in a town. 56. Which of the situations best illustrates the word toil. A) You need to have exact change to drive over the bridge. B) We bought new carpet for the house to make it look nicer. C) Spring runoff is causing lower lands to flood. D) All day long the landscapers dug holes and planted bushes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All day long the landscapers dug holes and planted bushes. 57. As anger and resentment spreads across California, where does the narrator say the "grapes of wrath" can be found? A) In people's souls. B) On the vine. C) In Oklahoma. D) In a vat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In people's souls. 58. What is a Zephyr? A) Type of house. B) Car. C) Animal. D) Shoe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Car. 59. The main character believes her brother is kind, but the brother turns out to be heartless. What is the most likely meaning of the word heartless in this sentence? Use the context and your knowledge of the suffix-less to help you answer. A) Cruel. B) Bitterly. C) Romantic. D) Villain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cruel. 60. What sticker does the truck driver point out? A) Safety first!. B) Better dead than red!. C) No riders. D) Jesus is my co-pilot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No riders. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAmerican Classics QuizzesEnglish Literature 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 6The Grapes Of Wrath Quiz 7 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books