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This is the writer that wrote more then thirty years after any of the other writers
Who is Studs Terkel
100
This popular song lyricist and author wrote "Brother can you spare a dime?"
Who is Yip Harburg
100
Is "Women on the breadlines" about women on the breadlines?
What is no :p
100
This is the viewpoint that "Grapes of Wrath" is written in
What is an omniscient viewpoint
100
This is when the movie version of "The Grapes of Wrath" premiered
What is 1940
200
This writer won the Nobel prize for literature in 1949
Who is William Faulkner
200
This writer was the most radical of all examined
Who is Meridel Le Suer
200
Though meant to be a collection of works, what did "Tortilla Flats" eventually turn into?
What is an episodic novel
200
This is the number of works that John Steinbeck created in the 1930's
What is eight
200
This is the when John Steinbeck died
What is December 20, 1968
300
William Faulkner leans toward sympathy with the southern landowner and not the ___?
What is the migrant wave of sharecroppers
300
This writer claimed (s)he is "not a writer, just a recorder"
Who is Meridel Le Suer
300
This agricultural union was formed in 1931 with the help of the Communist Party
What is the cannery and agricultural worker's industrial union (CAWIU)
300
These are considered to be Steinbeck's three greatest works
What are "Grapes of Wrath", "In Dubious Battle", and "Of Mice and Men"
300
This writer, along with Langston Hughes was an important participant in a modern aesthetic produced by the flowering "Negro Art"
Who is Zora Neale Hurston
400
This is the amount of people who lived through the GD that had memories recorded "Hard Times"
What is more than 160
400
This author was a leading voice of the Harlem Renaissance, though spent little time there
Who is Langston Hughes
400
This event led to Steinbeck creating "The chrysanthemums", "Tortilla Flats", and "The Murder"
What is the death of his mother in 1934
400
This person influenced Steinbeck to write "TO a God Unknown" in 1933
Who is Joseph Campbell
400
This is what Muley Graves symbolizes
What is "The vast graveyard that all of the states of the Dust Bowl had become."
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This person had a knack for getting people to open up and share their memories?
Who is Studs Terkel
500
In what story is the quote, "..being a slave without the security of a slave." from?
What is "Women on the breadlines"
500
This is the year that Steinbeck moved back to Salinas, California
What is 1933
500
This novel by Steinbeck was described by him as being "The story of his country and the story of him"
What is "East of Eden"
500
This is where John Steinbeck's ashes were scattered
What is Salinas, California in the Garden of Memories Cemetary