Vocabulary
The highest point or peak
Zenith
What crop was bent over because of the dust bowl?
Corn
Who got pregnant while Tom was away?
Rosasharn
What is a polite way to say someone is crazy?
Touched
Who stays in Oklahoma just because someone told him he had to leave?
Muley Graves
The action or process of rejecting or denying stuff.
Negation
What piece of farm equipment contributed to the dust bowl.
Tractor
How old was Tom's brother Al?
16.
When the preacher says he held a meetin' what was he talking about?
A church service.
How many families could one tractor replace?
10-12
Grown or raised intentionally.
Cultivated
What plants did Tom and the Preacher find growing in the door yard?
Cotton
Which Joad shot a shotgun at Grandpa?
Grandma
When Muley said Ole' man Turnbull had a specific kind of blood, what name did he give?
Hatfield
How much money does Willie Feely earn every day?
$3
Childishly sulky or bad-tempered.
Petulant
The lack of ______________ contributed to the land being dried out.
Rain
Uncle John took the "backway" to Sallisaw. What LeFlore County community did he go through?
Cowlington.
What's a jalopy?
A car that's no good.
What is the theme of Chapter 7? The chapter about the used car salesman.
Selfishness
A downward slope or decent.
Declivity
What year did the dust bowl end, it was the same year the book was written?
1939
Pa feels guilty about helping with the birth of which child?
Noah
When talking about a problem Hicks don't say IT, what do they say instead?
Her
Who wrote The Grapes of Wrath?
John Steinbeck