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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 does Tom say his father strung up in a tree that he points out in the fields in Chapter 8?
2. How long had Uncle John been married when his wife died?
3. Where did Aunt Sadie get the china dog that is described in Chapter 9?
4. How many cars a day does the man at the gas station say he sees pass on their way to move West in Chapter 13?
5. What does the 40-year-old woman do as she approaches the turtle on the highway in Chapter 3?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Jim Casy give up the ministry?
2. How are the circumstances of the landowners described in Chapter 5?
3. Why does Tom take the turtle with him in Chapter 4?
4. Where does Tom encounter Jim Casy? What is Casy doing when he encounters Tom?
5. How does the narrator describe the spirit of man in Chapter 14?
6. What information does Tom reveal about Uncle John in Chapter 8?
7. What were the causes of the Dust Bowl in America?
8. What symbolism is evoked by the tractors in Chapter 11?
9. What do the banks represent in the novel?
10. What information is related on the handbills that are discussed in Chapter 10?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the narrative style of The Grapes of Wrath. From what narrative point of view is the novel related? How does the author indicate shifts in this narrative perspective? How do you think the novel would differ if it were related in a different narrative style?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the setting of the Weedpatch camp in the novel. Where do the Joads find the Weedpatch camp? How does this setting differ from their previous camp locations? Who do they meet at this setting?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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