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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. What does Mrs. Wilson give Tom a paper from to write a note regarding Grampa's death when they bury him?

2. What highway is described as going from Clarksville and Ozark and Van Buren and Fort Smith through Arkansas in Chapter 12?

3. What does the willow tree hang over at the Joad homestead?

4. What does Tom Joad offer the truck driver a "snort" of in Chapter 2 (14)?

5. Where did Aunt Sadie get the china dog that is described in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Tom Joad solicit a ride in Chapter 2? Who gives him a ride?

2. How does the narrator describe the exchange between the migrant and the tire-seller in Chapter 12?

3. Why does Jim Casy ask to accompany the Joads? Why do they let him?

4. What is the spanse of Highway 66? What is the status of this road today?

5. Why do the Joads and Wilsons decide to travel together?

6. What information does Tom reveal about Uncle John in Chapter 8?

7. Where does Tom encounter Jim Casy? What is Casy doing when he encounters Tom?

8. Who are Tom's siblings and how old are they?

9. How does the narrator describe the vacant farmsteads in Chapter 11?

10. What were the causes of the Dust Bowl in America?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the setting of Highway 66. How many migrants traveled this road during the Great Depression to reach California? Why? How does the highway change as a result of the migrants?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the character of Al Joad. How old is Al? What are Al's main objectives in the novel? Whom does Al marry and how does his character change in the course of the story?

Essay Topic 3

How are the Okies perceived by the general populace in California? Why? Who benefits from the arrival of the Okies? How?

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