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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 is the name of the neighbors to the Joads at the cotton ranch in Chapter 28?
2. How much money does Pa say they have left once the Joads reach California and camp for the day in Chapter 18?
3. What did Ruthie do when she got into a fight with a big girl at the cotton camp in Chapter 28?
4. Where does one of the tenants at Weedpatch describe the employees from the rubber companies going unionized in Chapter 24?
5. Who are described as "great men" in the fruit orchards of California in Chapter 25 (346)?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the committe discover before the Weedpatch dance in Chapter 24?
2. How is the plot of the law enforcement thwarted in Chapter 24?
3. Why does Ma refuse to leave Tom and Jim behind in Chapter 16?
4. How is Mae described in Chapter 15? Who is she excited to see?
5. What amenties are provided at the Weedpatch camp and how do the Joads respond to finding these amenities?
6. How do the farm owners benefit from the masses of the arriving Okies?
7. Where do the Joads and Wilsons stop to camp after crossing the California border? How is this setting described?
8. What do the migrant and his son ask for at the diner in Chapter 15? What do they receive?
9. Who is Floyd Knowles and why is he almost killed?
10. What are Al's objectives at the Weedpatch camp's Saturday dance?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and analyze the character of Jim Casy in the novel. Why did Casy stop preaching? Where does he first encounter Tom? Why does Casy go west along with the Joads?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Analyze and discuss the characters of Ma and Pa Joad. How old are these characters? Where do they live in the beginning of the novel? Why do they choose to go to California? What are the dynamics between these characters?
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