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1930s
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Who is the main character who spent 4 years in McAlester?
Tom Joad
100
The Grapes of Wrath is based off of which natural disaster from the 1930s?
The dust bowl
100
What term is another word for anger and is included in the title of the book?
Wrath
100
Where did the Joad family originally live?
Sallisaw, Oklahoma
100
Who wrote The Grapes of Wrath?
John Steinbeck
200
Who was the preacher that traveled with the Joad's and even went to jail for Tom when a deputy was injured?
Jim Casy
200
What were towns of temporary shacks used for housing during the Great Depression called? *Hint* Named after a US president
Hoovervilles
200
What is the term that describes a person who moves from place to place to find work harvesting crops?
Migrant
200
Why did Tom Joad serve time in jail?
Homicide
200
Which character feels guilty and ashamed about Noah Joad's 'strange demeanor'?
Pa Joad
300
Who was the neighbor of the Joad family that refused to move west with the rest of them?
Muley Graves
300
Who was president during the 1930s? (After Herbert Hoover)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
300
What is the term for a small printed sheet of advertising passed out by hand?
Handbill
300
Why did Jim Casy say he wasn't a preacher anymore?
He didn't feel the call anymore
300
How did the Joad's find out about the work in California?
Handbills
400
What is the name of the character who left his pregnant wife and the rest of the family because he wanted to stay home and study tractors?
Connie Rivers
400
What major event led to the Great Depression when Wall Street investors take their money out of the market?
Stock Market Crash
400
Which term is used when people stop work in order to protest unfair wages or working conditions?
Strike
400
How much money do the Joad's have by the time they reach California?
About $40
400
What is the nickname given to the migrants from Oklahoma?
Okies
500
Which family member decided to stay behind while the rest of the family traveled because he/she didn't want to leave the water?
Noah Joad
500
What amendment was passed in 1933 that ended prohibition?
21st amendment
500
What is another term for a homeless person used in The Grapes of Wrath?
Vagrant
500
Why does Tom have to leave the family?
Ruthie told another girl what Tom had done
500
When was The Grapes of Wrath published? *Hint* It was between the years of 1930 and 1940
1939