Parts of Speech
Noun
What is a person, place, thing or idea?
The Dust Bowl
What was the name given to the drought-stricken southern plains region of the United States, which suffered severe dust storms during a drought in the 1930s?
14 years old
At what age did Steinbeck decide to become a writer?
Tortilla Flat
Which of Steinbeck's first novels actually made money?
Dr. Teske
Who is the principal of the school?
Verb
What is a word used to show action or state of being?
Several economic and agricultural factors, including federal land policies, changes in regional weather, farm economics, and other cultural factors
What caused the Dust Bowl?
Salinas Valley, California
Where was Steinbeck born?
Grapes of Wrath
What was Steinbeck's most ambitious novel?
What novel caused Steinbeck to be called a Communist?
Crimson, black, and silver
What are our school colors?
Article
What is A, An, and The
Black Blizzards
What is a severe dust storm?
66 years old
At what age did Steinbeck die?
1940
What year did Steinbeck win the Pulitzer Prize for Grapes of Wrath?
Riverhawk
What is the school mascot?
Preposition
What is a word used to show the relationship between two nouns in a sentence?
Black Sunday
What was the worst dust storm that occurred on April 14, 1935?
A wall of blowing sand and dust started in the Oklahoma Panhandle and spread east. As many as three million tons of topsoil are estimated to have blown off the Great Plains during Black Sunday.
Stanford University
Where did Steinbeck go to college (and drop out)?
The Sea of Cortez
What was Steinbeck's novel written because of his time spent in Mexico studying marine life?
300 N. College Road
What is the school's address?
Adverb
What is a word used to describe a verb, an adjective, or another adverb? Usually ends in -ly.
2.5 million people
How many people left the Dust Bowl states—Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma—during the 1930s?
It was one of the largest migrations in American history.
Heart Disease
What is the cause of Steinbeck's death?
1962
What year was Steinbeck awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for literature?
Dr. Dickinson
Who is the superintendent of the Twin Falls School District?