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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. How long ago does Grampa say it was that his brother went out West to California in Chapter 10?
2. What literary device is used in the following sentence from Chapter 2? "His hands were hard, with broad fingers and nails as thick and ridged as little clam shells" (9).
3. How old is Ruthie in Chapter 10?
4. What do the tractors in the novel represent symbolically?
5. Who is the tractor driver's father in Chapter 5?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do the banks represent in the novel?
2. What is the spanse of Highway 66? What is the status of this road today?
3. What does the narrator describe the tenant farmers doing with their belongings in Chapter 9?
4. Why does Jim Casy ask to accompany the Joads? Why do they let him?
5. How does the narrator describe the exchange between the migrant and the tire-seller in Chapter 12?
6. How are the circumstances of the landowners described in Chapter 5?
7. What happens to the Joads' dog at the gas station in Chapter 13?
8. How does Tom's family respond upon seeing him in Chapter 8?
9. How does the narrator describe the vacant farmsteads in Chapter 11?
10. Who are Tom's siblings and how old are they?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the theme of greed in The Grapes of Wrath. How does the author develop this theme through the characters in the novel? How is this theme supported through symbolism and imagery? What do statement do you think the author is making regarding greed? Why?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the narrative style of The Grapes of Wrath. From what narrative point of view is the novel related? How does the author indicate shifts in this narrative perspective? How do you think the novel would differ if it were related in a different narrative style?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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