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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 among the migrants take on the duties of cooking dinner, according to the narrator in Chapter 17?

2. What does Ma make to celebrate Al's engagement in Chapter 28?

3. How much money does Ma give to Tom when she goes to see him at his hideout in Chapter 28?

4. Where do the Joads go to the coroner's office in Chapter 20?

5. How old is the son that is described as killing a deputy with a .22 rifle in Lawrenceville in Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does "Hooverville" refer to in the text and historically?

2. Why did the residents of California hate the migrants when they arrived, according to the narrator in Chapter 19?

3. How is the system of law and order developed among the migrant camps according to the narrator in Chapter 17?

4. What do the Joads and Wilsons discover from the migrant who is returning east at the camp in Chapter 18?

5. Where is the Weedpatch camp located and how do the Joads find it?

6. What amenties are provided at the Weedpatch camp and how do the Joads respond to finding these amenities?

7. Where do the Joads and Wilsons stop to camp after crossing the California border? How is this setting described?

8. How do the farm owners benefit from the masses of the arriving Okies?

9. How do the families respond when they learn of Al's proposal for marriage with Aggie? Why?

10. What do the migrant and his son ask for at the diner in Chapter 15? What do they receive?

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 settings of "Hoovervilles" across California. Why were these camps given that name? How is the Hooverville described that the Joads encounter in Bakersfield? What are their perceptions of the camp?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the themes of family and community in The Grapes of Wrath. What are the meanings and importance of family and community to the characters in the novel? What are the benefits of community? What are the drawbacks?

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