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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Highway 66 is described as what in the beginning of Chapter 12?
2. What does Tom describe Uncle John leaving on his pillow when he was a kid in Chapter 8?
3. Who does Tom describe having sex in a barn when he brought a heifer to mate with a bull in Chapter 8?
4. How old is Ruthie in Chapter 10?
5. How much does Tom say his liquor cost when he offers some to Casy in Chapter 4?
Short Essay Questions
1. How are the used car lot owners described in Chapter 7?
2. Where does Tom Joad solicit a ride in Chapter 2? Who gives him a ride?
3. What do the banks represent in the novel?
4. Why does Jim Casy ask to accompany the Joads? Why do they let him?
5. What is the spanse of Highway 66? What is the status of this road today?
6. What does Tom discover when he reaches his family's homestead in Chapter 6?
7. What happens to the Joads' dog at the gas station in Chapter 13?
8. How does the narrator describe the spirit of man in Chapter 14?
9. What does the narrator describe the tenant farmers doing with their belongings in Chapter 9?
10. Why does Tom take the turtle with him in Chapter 4?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the themes of grief and loss in The Grapes of Wrath. What characters die in the course of the novel? How do they die? What are the impacts of their deaths on the surviving characters?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the setting of the Weedpatch camp in the novel. Where do the Joads find the Weedpatch camp? How does this setting differ from their previous camp locations? Who do they meet at this setting?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the symbolism of the tractors described in the novel. What do the tractors represent? What themes do they relate to in The Grapes of Wrath? How and why do the tractors replace the farmers?
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