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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. Who is driving the car in the beginning of Chapter 13?
2. What do Winfield and Ruthie bring back to the car at the gas station in Chapter 13?
3. What does the used car lot owner wish he had a thousand of in Chapter 7?
4. How far is it from Sallisaw to Gore?
5. What does Tom tell the gas station owner will be the cause for him to move too in Chapter 13?
Short Essay Questions
1. What hopes and aspirations do the Joad family members have for California before they set out?
2. What happens to the Joads' dog at the gas station in Chapter 13?
3. Where does Tom Joad solicit a ride in Chapter 2? Who gives him a ride?
4. Where does Tom encounter Jim Casy? What is Casy doing when he encounters Tom?
5. What information does Tom reveal about Uncle John in Chapter 8?
6. Why did Jim Casy give up the ministry?
7. Why do the Joads and Wilsons decide to travel together?
8. What is the purpose of the author's focus on the turtle in Chapter 3?
9. What do the banks represent in the novel?
10. Why does Jim Casy ask to accompany the Joads? Why do they let him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss the characters of Ivy and Sairy Wilson. Where do they Joads meet the Wilsons? Why do these families decide to travel together? Where do the Joads and the Wilsons part? Why?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the setting of Oklahoma as depicted in the novel. When did the dust storms begin in Oklahoma? What impacts did they have on the region agriculturally? How did the Dust Bowl affect the farmers of the land?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze and discuss the characters of Rose of Sharon and Connie Rivers in The Grapes of Wrath. When did they marry? How would you describe their relationship? What leads to Connie's abandonment of his wife?
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