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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 the border guard ask if the Joads have when they get to the high country of Arizona?
2. What do the great owners of the fruit orchards also own, according to the narrator in Chapter 25?
3. What does the guard of the Weedpatch camp say that the Central Committee voted regarding preachers in the camp?
4. Whose music does Bill the truck driver's friend play on the phonograph in Chapter 15?
5. Who are described as "great men" in the fruit orchards of California in Chapter 25 (346)?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does "Hooverville" refer to in the text and historically?
2. What are the impacts of industrialization in agriculture according to the narrator in Chapter 21?
3. What do the migrant and his son ask for at the diner in Chapter 15? What do they receive?
4. How is the Joads' new home described in Chapter 28?
5. What are Al's objectives at the Weedpatch camp's Saturday dance?
6. What amenties are provided at the Weedpatch camp and how do the Joads respond to finding these amenities?
7. What does Ruthie do that puts Tom in danger in Chapter 28?
8. How do the farm owners benefit from the masses of the arriving Okies?
9. Who are the Joads' neighbors in Chapter 28? How are they described?
10. How is the plot of the law enforcement thwarted in Chapter 24?
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 discuss the settings of "Hoovervilles" across California. Why were these camps given that name? How is the Hooverville described that the Joads encounter in Bakersfield? What are their perceptions of the camp?
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