Hobo Vocabulary
OMAM Voc. 1A
OMAM Vocab 1B
Great Depression
Steinbeck
100
A mean dog
What is a bone polisher
100
a pack or bundle, usually of bedding and other possessions, carried by a migrant worker or transient
What is a bindle
100
A large untidy pile of things
What is a heap?
100
The year the stock market crashed and banks began to fail.
What is 1929?
100
The year Steinbeck was born?
What is 1902?
200
A collection of belongings wrapped in a cloth and ties around a stick
What is a bindle stick?
200
Large amounts of something that you swallow quickly, or the action of swallowing
What is gulps?
200
Very good; great
What is swell?
200
The area in the mid-west that was hit with a drought at the same time banks began to fail.
What is the dust bowl?
200
The location of Steinbeck's birth?
What is Salinas, CA?
300
Newspapers used for bedding.
What is California blankets?
300
Small bushes or trees; underbrush
What is Brush?
300
In a way that is using very few words in a way that seems rude; abruptly
What is brusquely?
300
People who were considered lay-abouts and tramps during the depression and on.
What is a hobo?
300
The year Steinbeck's book was Of Mice and Men published.
What is 1937?
400
Your best clothes
What is glad rags?
400
A strong usually blue cotton cloth that is used especially to make jeans
What is Denim?
400
Showing mental or physical suffering caused by extreme pain or worry
What is anguished?
400
The state people moved to from the dust bowl during the depression.
What is California?
400
The number of books that Steinbeck wrote in his lifetime?
What is 27?
500
Area off a railroad where hobos camp and congregate.
What is the jungle?
500
In a way that is very serious, unhappy, and quiet
What is morosely?
500
In a way that shows you are embarrassed and guilty because of something you have done
What is ashamedly?
500
What was the collapse of the stock market called?
What is " Black Tuesday"?
500
The location Steinbeck moved to try to become a published author?
What is New York City?
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