Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Lots and lots of Grapes of Wrath questions....?

Uh… Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck…. Simple answers are most appreciated, you don’t need to elaborate :D I know there’s some real book lovers out there, I know most of the answers but I want to make sure…. I have a bad history with first assignments of the year; I tend to get F’s on them
1.
How were the small farmers in California eventually hurt by the big companies?
2.
There is a thin line between hunger and ________.
3.
What is Ma anxious to do at the government camp?
4.
How do the camp residents pay to stay at the government camp if they have no money?
5.
What was Hines’ definition of a “red”?
6.
What embarrassing thing happened to Ma?
7.
What is the camp manager like?
8.
Besides hunger for food, what type of hunger did the migrant people have?
9.
Who is Ezra Houston?
10.
What do the local people plan to do to get rid of the migrants in the camp?
11.
What did the Jesus-lovers do during the dance?
12.
What is school like for the few migrant children who attend?
13.
To what does Steinbeck compare the California valleys in the spring?
14.
Why does the fruit in Chapter 25 have to rot?
15.
What did Ma insist the men do after a few weeks at the government camp?
16.
Why did Ma want to make Pa angry?
17.
What scares Tom about the Hoovervilles?
18.
What did Willie, Jule, and Tom talk about just before the Joads left the government camp?
19.
What announcement did Al make on the way to Bakersfield?
20.
What made Ma so angry at the company’s store?
21.
Who was the organizer of the strike outside Hooper’s Ranch?
22.
What three events happened outside of Hooper’s Ranch?
23.
As soon as the strike broke, what happened?
24.
Why do the cotton pickers always argue with the scale man?
25.
What is nice about the Joads’ boxcar home?
26.
Which of the following is NOT a luxury that the cotton picking wages provide?
27.
The 20-acre cotton picking site was picked out by noon. Why?
28.
What was the result of Rose of Sharon’s insistence on going with the family to pick cotton?
29.
What is the “greatest terror” of all?
30.
Which of the following did NOT come with the rain, cold, and lack of work?
31.
Why did the Joads have to stay in the boxcar camp even though the water in the creek was rising?
32.
What happened to the truck?
33.
What happened to the embankment the men built?
34.
What happened to Rose of Sharon’s baby?


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