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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 do the Joads go to buy a new tin stove and overalls in Chapter 28?

2. What does the narrator describe as the only two punishments for breaking the unspoken laws within the migrant camps in Chapter 17?

3. How much money does it cost the Joads to stay at the Weedpatch camp weekly?

4. How much did the job pay that Pa and Uncle John missed out on that morning in Chapter 24?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What departures are seen in Chapter 18? Who continues west?

3. What leads to Jim's death and Tom's flight in Chapter 26?

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

5. What are Rose of Sharon's hopes for the new land in California in Chapter 16?

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

7. What are Al's objectives at the Weedpatch camp's Saturday dance?

8. What are the impacts of industrialization in agriculture according to the narrator in Chapter 21?

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

10. How is the Joads' new home described in Chapter 28?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the symbolism of the tractors described in the novel. What do the tractors represent? What themes do they relate to in The Grapes of Wrath? How and why do the tractors replace the farmers?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

What are examples of foreshadowing used by the author to indicate that the Joads' perceptions of California are not based in reality? What characters do the Joads meet that indicate the lack of jobs in the region? How do the Joads respond to these forebodings?

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