Cast and Crew
Which character realizes that he cannot stay silent to the worlds injustice?
Who is Tom Joad
This is the California valley where the Joads hope to find work and a better life
What is the San Joaquin Valley?
This is the university that Steinbeck attended, but never earned a degree
What is Stanford University
Tom Joad returns home at the beginning of the novel after serving time for this crime.
What is manslaughter?
"There ain’t no sin and there ain’t no virtue. There’s just stuff people do."
Who is Jim Casy
The year Country Day was established
What is 1964
What character through times of turmoil is able to keep all of the family together
Who is Ma Joed
This river, where Tom Joad reflects on his past and future, serves as a metaphor for renewal and change.
What is the Colorado River?
This is know as the worst black blizzard of the Dust Bowl
What is Black Sunday
On the road to California, Grandpa Joad dies shortly after eating this symbolic fruit.
What is a peach?
Daily Double
"Us people will go on livin’ when all them people is gone. Why, we’re the people—we go on"
Who is the lower school library (full name)?
Who is Melanie Michel?
What character kills Casy with a pick handle?
Who is George
Many families like the Joads were derogatorily referred to by this term when they arrived in California
What are "Okies"
This is the nickname California received from traveling migrants
What is the Garden of Eden
The Joads encounter this family on Route 66, who join them on their journey to California.
Who are the Wilsons?
"No you ain't. Ever'thing you do is more'n you. When they sent you up to prison I knowed it. You're spoke for."
Who is Ma Joed
Daily Double
The Athletic Director at Country Day?
What character has a miscarriage?
Who is Rose of Sharon
The family travels west on Route 66 in this type of vehicle, often used by migrant families.
What is a Hudson Super Six or a modified truck?
This is the biblical allusion that the novel is structured after.
What is the Book of Exodus
At one point on the journey, Ma Joad hides this heartbreaking family event to keep everyone moving forward.
What is Grandma Joad’s death?
"Folks been so nice here-an' the toilets an all. But we gotta' eat."
Who is Pa Joel
What is the name of the school avenue in 2025?
He’s the stubborn Oklahoma tenant farmer who refuses to leave his land and first encounters Tom Joad at the deserted Joad homestead
Who is Muley Graves?
The Joad family’s destination in California is referred to as this type of promised land, filled with opportunity
What is the "land of milk and honey"?
This is where Steinbeck worked as a day laborer
What is the construction site of Madison Square Garden
On what day does the the flood begin to overtake the boxcar?
What is Day 6
"I’ll be everywhere—wherever you look. Wherever they’s a fight so hungry people can eat, I’ll be there. Wherever they’s a cop beatin’ up a guy, I’ll be there "
Who is Tom Joad?
What is the most expensive sponsorship level for the Gala?
What is $10k (Diamond Pinnacle Sponsor)