The Grapes of Wrath Selection Test
What are the characters selling? ✔️✔️belongings they cannot carry on their journey; horses they hope
to get cash for
How does the narrator mainly feel toward those he interacts with in town? ✔️✔️bitter
Where is the narrator planning to travel ✔️✔️California
Why do the characters decide to move away? ✔️✔️They can no longer survive on their dry farmlands.
What do the characters do with the belongings that they cannot sell or take with them? ✔️✔️burn
them
When the narrator says, "You're not buying only junk, you're buying junked lives," what does he mean?
✔️✔️The people who owned the junk have lives that now seem worthless
What does the narrator think will happen to the characters who buy his belongings? ✔️✔️They will
suffer a similar fate.
How does the narrator feel about his upcoming journey? ✔️✔️discouraged
What does the following passage show about the setting of the story: Can't sell a hand plow any more.
Fifty cents for the weight of the metal. Disks and tractors, that's the stuff now. ✔️✔️It is set during a
time when farming equipment is not worth much.
What does the following passage reveal about the cultural context of the story- Maybe we can start
again, in the new rich land...We'll start over. ✔️✔️People hoped they could find a better life.
What are the characters selling? ✔️✔️belongings they cannot carry on their journey; horses they hope
to get cash for
How does the narrator mainly feel toward those he interacts with in town? ✔️✔️bitter
Where is the narrator planning to travel ✔️✔️California
Why do the characters decide to move away? ✔️✔️They can no longer survive on their dry farmlands.
What do the characters do with the belongings that they cannot sell or take with them? ✔️✔️burn
them
When the narrator says, "You're not buying only junk, you're buying junked lives," what does he mean?
✔️✔️The people who owned the junk have lives that now seem worthless
What does the narrator think will happen to the characters who buy his belongings? ✔️✔️They will
suffer a similar fate.
How does the narrator feel about his upcoming journey? ✔️✔️discouraged
What does the following passage show about the setting of the story: Can't sell a hand plow any more.
Fifty cents for the weight of the metal. Disks and tractors, that's the stuff now. ✔️✔️It is set during a
time when farming equipment is not worth much.
What does the following passage reveal about the cultural context of the story- Maybe we can start
again, in the new rich land...We'll start over. ✔️✔️People hoped they could find a better life.
