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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. Where does one of the tenants at Weedpatch describe the employees from the rubber companies going unionized in Chapter 24?
2. Who among the migrants take on the duties of cooking dinner, according to the narrator in Chapter 17?
3. Who does Tom suggest stay behind with him to repair the car while the others go on west in Chapter 16?
4. How much does the farmer at the cotton ranch charge the workers for a bag for picking in Chapter 27?
5. What disease that caues inflammation of the spine is described in Chapter 21?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do the migrant and his son ask for at the diner in Chapter 15? What do they receive?
2. How does the narrator describe California's history in Chapter 19?
3. Who are the scientists that are described in Chapter 25?
4. Who are the Joads' neighbors in Chapter 28? How are they described?
5. How do the families respond when they learn of Al's proposal for marriage with Aggie? Why?
6. How do the farm owners benefit from the masses of the arriving Okies?
7. How is the plot of the law enforcement thwarted in Chapter 24?
8. What are Rose of Sharon's hopes for the new land in California in Chapter 16?
9. Where is the Weedpatch camp located and how do the Joads find it?
10. What does "Hooverville" refer to in the text and historically?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the theme of wrath in the novel. When does the title of the novel directly appear in the text? In what context? How is this theme developed through character, setting, and symbolism?
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 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?
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