Comp questions
Where is the Joad family moving to?
California
What was the affect of the dust bowl on the Joad family?
they could no longer farm their land.
acting with pain, worry, or anger
What is the definition of frantically?
How does the narrator feel about starting his journey to California?
hopeless or discouraged
What does the Joad family do to their leftover things?
Burn them
How did the great depression affect the Joad family?
No one could buy the belongings for their actual price
What does the suffix -less mean?
without/ not having
What does the Joad family burning their belongings suggest about how they are feeling?
What was something the Joad family left behind?
A letter from a brother who had died
What is the purpose of paragraph 8?
To show that the other tenant farmers were suffering the same fate
What emotion does the phrase "scuffed home" communicate?
walking slowly without excitement
What does the narrator think will happen to the junkman after he purchases the narrator's belongings?
The junkman will suffer the same fate as the narrator did.
What was the hand plow good for?
Only the metal in it
What was the narrator warning the Junkman about in paragraph 7?
The junkman will suffer the same fate as the narrator with the tools he buys.
Which vocabulary word is illustrated by the phrase "an oppressive leader that will stop at nothing to gain power?"
ruthless
What does the narrator communicate about the horses through the descriptions and story about his daughter?
That the horses are valuable to him
How does the narrator feel throughout the story?
bitter
When asked about the price of farming equipment, what is a conclusion you can make about the value of it during the dust bowl?
It is not worth a lot.
Which vocabulary word is illustrated by the phrase "searching through the bag in fear that I might get caught?"
Frantically
What is communicated through paragraph 10's line "marching with our bitterness?"
Everybody carries pain through life