| Chapters 1-4What does Steinbeck describe in Chapter 1? | Steinbeck describes the “Dust Bowl”. He also describes how the land a was dry and what the landscape looked like. |
| Chapters 1-4Where was Tom Joad coming from and where was he going to when he hitched a ride with the truck driver? | Tom Joad was coming from prison and he was going home to his dad’s farm. |
| Chapters 1-4What was the turtles most outstanding characteristic? | That he never gave up. |
| Chapters 1-4Why was Tom in jail, and what was his attitude towards his crime? | He had killed a man. He felt justified because the guy had pulled a know it on him. |
| Chapters 5-7What was the monster, and why could the men not control it? | The monster was the bank. The men couldn’t control it because it was taking their land and no man would claim responsibility. |
| Chapters 8 and 9Why does Uncle John feel guilty? | He feels like he caused hos wife’s death. |
| Chapters 8 and 9What was the first thing each of the Joads wanted to know when Tom comes home? | If he had escaped. |
| Chapters 8 and 9Relationship between Grama and Grampa.. | They are very feisty, and fight a lot. Grampa is very vulgar, whereas Grama tries to be very religious. |
| Chapters 8 and 9What happens to Noah at birth? | Pa Joad stretched Noah out, but he is basically normal. |
| Chapters 8 and 9What does Steinbeck show us in Chapter 9? | How desperate the farmers were. |
| Chapters 10-12What advice did To give Ma about worrying about the future? | To live day to day, like he had done in prison. |
| Chapters 10-12What does Pa/Ma say about Case coming along?- | Pa worries if they have enough money and room. But Ma doesn’t care. |
| Chapters 10-12How did Tom and Ma get Grampa into the truck enou g thought he didn’t want to go? | They drugged him with “soup and syrup” |
| Chapters 10-12Who all headed west? | Ma, Pa, Grama, Grampa, Al, Connie, Rose of Sharon, Uncle John, Ruthie, Winfield, Tom, Casy, and a dog |
| Chapters 10-12What does Steinbeck describe in Chapter 11? | What was left of the cotton production after the dust bowl. |
| Chapters 13 and 14Which of the passengers on the Joad truck was left behind first? | The dog. |
| Chapters 13 and 14Who are the Wilson’s? | The first people the Joads meet on their journey. They help out a lot with Pa’s death, they offer him their tent. |
| Chapters 17 and 18Why was Ma so feisty at the agricultural inspection station? | Because Grama had died and she knew the family had to get through. |
| Chapters 19 and 20How did Case help Tom out of trouble with the deputy sehriff? | Case took the blame for Tom hitting the deputy. |
| Chapters 19 and 20Where and why did Connie go? | Connie skipped town because he was promised a better life and hadn’t gotten it. |
| Chapters 21 and 22Compare and contrast Hoovervilles and the government camps.. | Hoovervilles were horrible and government camps were nice. |
| Chapters 23-25How did the camp guards ruin the Association’s plot to invade t he government camps? | They found the people before the fight started and took them put of sight. |
| Chapter 26Why did the Joads leave the government camp? | They were promised work somewhere else. |
| Chapter 26How was the flat tire good luck for the Joads? | While they were changing it, they were offered somewhere to work. |
| Chapter 26After dinner where does Tom go and why? | He goes to find out what was going on with the people striking at the gate, but he ends up getting into more trouble. |
“The Grapes of Wrath” study questions
June 9, 2020