Events
Characters
Quotes
Symbols
Setting
100

This event causes Aron to go to war.

What is finding out Cathy is his mother?

100

After his wife shoots him, this character becomes depressed.

Who is Adam?

100
This character said this quote, "But the Hebrew word, the word timshel- 'Thou mayest'- that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That says the way is open. That throws it right back on a man."

Who was Lee?

100

What is the Hebrew word that justifies the human ability to change?

What is Timshel?

100

This place varies in the amount of water it has and the weather.

What is the Salinas Valley?

200

Adam's relationship with Cal and Aron is strained as a result of this event. 

What is the lettuce fiasco?

200

This character believes he is inherently bad after discovering a prostitute is his mother.

Who is Cal?

200

This character said this quote: "It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure to the world."

Who is John Steinbeck?

200

The relationship between Adam and Charles, as well as Aron and Cal. 

What is Brotherhood?

200

This setting changes as World War I commences.

What is society?

300

This event led to a change in lifestyle and attitude of the people in the Salinas Valley. 

What is World War I?

300

DAILY DOUBLE !!

These two characters change the least morally throughout the novel.

Who are Lee and Cathy ?

300

A character says this quote, "I don’t know how it will be in the years to come. There are monstrous changes taking place in the world, forces shaping a future whose face we do not know. Some of these forces seem evil to us, perhaps not in themselves but because their tendency is to eliminate other things we hold good."

Who was John Steinbeck?
300

Because of this symbol, Cal feels as though he is inherently evil. 

What are Cal's dark features?

300

DAILY DOUBLE

These characters have an influence on their surroundings, by either making them emotionally lighter or darker.

Who are Samuel and Cathy?

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