| “The little farmers watched debt creep up on them like the tide. They sprayed the trees and sold no crop, they pruned and grafted and could not pick the crop.”Which statement best describes the syntax of this passage? | The author uses repetition and parallelism. |
| Which sentence best explains the significance of the novel’s title, The Grapes of Wrath? | Steinbeck compares the migrant’s anger to growing fruit. |
| “But-you see, a bank or company can’t do that, because those creatures don’t breathe air, don’t eat side-meat. They breathe profits; they eat the interest on money. If they don’t get it, they die…”Which word or phrase most creates a negative tone toward banks and companies? | Creatures |
| “The movement changed them; the highways, the camps along the road, the fear of hunger and the hunger itself, changed them. The children without dinner changed them, the endless moving changed them.”Which best describes the tone of this excerpt? | Sympathetic |
| What was one of Steinbeck’s primary purposes for writing The Grapes of Wrath? | To show the struggles that not everyone suffered during the Dust Bowl |
| Which topic is explored in the intercalary chapters of The Grapes of Wrath? | The effects of the Great Depression |
| “He could not see the land as it was, he could not smell the land as it smelled; his feet did not stamp the clods or feel the warmth and power of the earth… He could not cheer or beat or curse or encourage the extension of his power…”Which literary device does this passage most clearly show? | Parallelism |
| Which of these phrases uses parallelism to create a sad tone? | Angel told me it was over. She told me she is over me. She told me to get over her. |
| “And they scampered about, looking for work; and the highways were streams of people, and the ditch banks were lines of people.”Which sentence best describes Steinbeck’s diction here? | He uses the word “scampered” to show the panic of the tenant farmers. |
| “He could not see the land as it was, he could not smell the land as it smelled; his feet did not stamp the clods or feel the warmth and power of the earth. He sat in an iron seat and stepped on iron pedals.”Which word best describes the tone of this excerpt? | Angry |
Quiz: Analyze The Grapes of Wrath APEX
June 9, 2020