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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 stop at a bridge and the guard washes off the windshield sticker in Arizona in Chapter 18?
2. Who drives the touring car as the Joads and Wilsons cross New Mexico in Chapter 16?
3. Where does one of the tenants at Weedpatch describe the employees from the rubber companies going unionized in Chapter 24?
4. What does Rose of Sharon say Connie wants to study by correspondence in Chapter 16?
5. Who in the migrant camps generally are responsible for pitching the tents and bringing down the beds, according to the narrator in Chapter 17?
Short Essay Questions
1. What cruelty does the narrator describe in Chapter 25?
2. What are Rose of Sharon's hopes for the new land in California in Chapter 16?
3. Who are the Joads' neighbors in Chapter 28? How are they described?
4. What does "Hooverville" refer to in the text and historically?
5. Where is the Weedpatch camp located and how do the Joads find it?
6. What leads to Jim's death and Tom's flight in Chapter 26?
7. What do the migrant and his son ask for at the diner in Chapter 15? What do they receive?
8. Why does Ma refuse to leave Tom and Jim behind in Chapter 16?
9. How is the plot of the law enforcement thwarted in Chapter 24?
10. What do the Joads and Wilsons discover from the migrant who is returning east at the camp in Chapter 18?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the different settings of roadside diners and restaurants that frequently arise in the novel. Why does the author make these interludes? What characters are described at the diners? Why are truck drivers so revered in these settings?
Essay Topic 2
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?
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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