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chapter 1 summary - correct answer -drought and dust are shriveling the Oklahoma cornfields -midway through June, a few storm clouds teased the country but not rain came -dust is so bad that people have to wear handkerchiefs over their faces and googles over eyes -when the wind finally stops everyone goes outside to view the damage that has been done to the felids, women and children watch the men to see if the men break but the men don't -chapter 1 describes the event primarily responsible for spurring the great migration to California during the 1930s(the dust bowl) What is devastating the land? (chap 1) - correct answer -drought and dust (the dust bowl) When the mens faces become hard and angry and resistant, why are the women relived? (chap 1) - correct answer -it shows that the men are still strong - It is anger that drives the men to continue, and without it, the men, who are seen as the leaders of the group, lose their ability to lead and give up hope What theme is shown through this quote "women...knew deep in themselves that no misfortune was too great to bear if their men were whole"?? (chap 1) - correct answer -theme that women are dependent on men elements of personification and simile (chap 1) - correct answer Simile- "In the morning, dusk hung like fog, and the sun was as red as ripe blood." Pg.5 * morning day is being compared to fog because fog is dark and you can't see in the fog. sunrise looks like blood* Personification- "The wind cried and whimpered over fallen corn." Pg.6. *the wind is given personification by saying it is crying and whimpering. This shows that the wind was loud and strong. the wind knocked the corn over* chapter 2 summary - correct answer -a red transport truck is in front of a roadside restaurant -the truck diver is inside the restaurant talking to the waitress -there is a no riders stick on the truck -Tom Joad asks the driver if the driver could give him ride and the driver doesn't want to but tom puts the driver in a sticky situation saying "if you don't give me a ride then you'll be the bad guy" -during the ride the driver asks tom questions -tom is mid 30's, just got released from jail for committing homicide, tom killed a man with a shovel example of alliteration (chap 2) - correct answer -transport truck -roadside restaurant why does the driver agree to give the hitchhiker a ride? - correct answer -The driver doesn't want to be a so called bad guy. -The hitchhiker gets into the driver's head by saying not to let those "rich bastards" tell him what to do. The company owners made the driver carry around a sticker on his windshield that says "no riders". -The driver then realizes that he'll be a good guy if he gives the hitchhiker a ride and he wouldn't be pushed around by his bosses why does tom joad appear to be surly? (chap 2) - correct answer -he killed a man -he squashed a bug because it was bothering him Where has Tom Joad been for four years, and for what reason has he been there? (2) - correct answer -prison -tom killed a man with a shovel out of self defense Tom says his father is a "cropper" with "forty acres"; the surprised driver says, "A forty acre cropper and he ain't been dusted out and he ain't been tractored out?" (Pg.12) What does the driver mean? (chap 2) - correct answer -What the driver is saying is how much everything has changed since Tom has been gone and how large tractors sent by landowners and bankers force poor farmers off the land. chapter 3 summary - correct answer -a turtle makes its way across a road carrying seeds and undergoes many hardships -a female driver swerves of the road onto the shoulder to avoid hitting the turtle -moments later, male trucker purposefully clips the shell of the turtle, sending it spinning to the side of the highway, landing on its back. -eventually the turtle makes it across -symbolic of the Joads and their struggle -Like the turtle, the Joads are victimized by the hostile environment in which they exist, yet, also like the turtle, they persist in their journey -idea that men are men and aggressive and women are caring and nice What seems to be the point of devoting three entire pages, the whole chapter, to a turtle crossing the road? (chap 3) - correct answer -to show the turtles persistence and show the symbolism of the turtle and the Joads Define theme. See if you can find a theme in the turtle vignette. (chap3) - correct answer -persistence chapter 4 summary - correct answer -Tom walks down the road toward his family's farm -The hot sun beats down on him, so he takes off his shoes and wraps them in his coat -Spying the horned turtle from the previous chapter, tom picks it up and wraps it in the coat as well (for his bro he says) -Continuing down the road, he sees a man lying under the tree, singing to Jesus - Tom recognizes him as the preacher, Jim Casy, but Casy is quick to tell him that he has been filled with sinful thoughts and is no longer a preacher -Casey had sex with girls after baptizing them -Casey is trying to figure religion out and what he believes -casey and tom head over to Toms dads house only to find it deserted *idea that casey is jesus* why did Jim Casey give up being a preacher? (ch.4) - correct answer -Casey was doing some unholy things a questioning his beliefs (have sex with girls that he would baptize) what is casey's conclusion about love,the soul and the holy spirit? (ch.4) - correct answer - all men make up one soul -Casey feels that humans are the root of 'spirit', not necessarily God -he thinks that love and soul comes from a collective bonding among humans rather than from just praying to a god. contrast between jim and casey? (ch.4) - correct answer tom=man of action casey=just talks As Casey and Tom near the Joads home what surprise awaits? - correct answer -the house is deserted If Casey is a christ figure, what, besides his preaching points to? (ch.4) - correct answer -his initials (JC) chapter 5 summary - correct answer -Representatives of the company come to tell the tenants that they must get off the land -Sharecropping is no longer profitable, so the bank has bought the land to farm -a great number of families who will be forced off their land -the tractor, a mechanized symbol of a new way of life, is not alive -The next day, a tractor arrives, bulldozing whatever is in its path. -the driver of the tractor is disconnected from the land on which he works and isn't a living man, but an extension of the tractor what are banks compared to? (ch.5) - correct answer -monsters what makes it economically desirable for banks to drive the tenant farmers off the land? (ch. 5) - correct answer - It was more economical for the banks to use tractors rather than tenant farmers because the could cover more land and pay less workers -theme of man vs. machine is introduced because the farmers feel as though the tractors are taking their jobs. What two arguments do the farmers give the "owner men"? (ch. 5) - correct answer - They and their ancestors were born on the land - they offer to rotate crops or to take a smaller share How is the tractor driver described? (chap.5) - correct answer -the man driving the tractor is described as being part of the machine - he is as detached from the land as the bank is. Since the tractor driver is one of the local people, why does he do the dirty work for the banks? (chap 5) - correct answer -the tractor driver needs to work to bring food home for his family so he doesn't *want* to work for the banks but he *needs* to Who can the farmers fight?? (ch. 5) - correct answer -If a farmer wanted to stop the bank, he could not target one individual or even a small group - even if a farmer murdered the bank president, it would not stop, The people are helpless. Chapter 6 Summary - correct answer -Tom and Casy see that the Joad house has been pushed off its foundations -no one is inside the Joad home -Tom knows that Ma is not there because the gate is unlocked and Ma always had the gate shut and locked unless she was inside -the house has not been rummaged or looted, an indication that something is wrong throughout the neighborhood -Tom lets the turtle free and the turtle continues southeast -toms neighbor, Muley Graves, come sover to see tom at tells him that the Joads have been "tractor off" of their land and are currently staying at Uncle Johns -Muleys family has already left for California but Casy wasbut he was emotionally unable to leave the land where he had grown up -Muley shares his supper of cooked rabbit, while telling them how out of touch he's become from living alone -Listening to Muley, helps Casy recognize his calling: he needs to go out on the road to give comfort to these upset people -Tom realizes that leaving and going off to Cali with his family will be breaking his parole -a car approaches the men and they hide bc Muley says that they are now considered trespassers -Muley takes Tom and Casy to a cave to hide for the night When Tom realizes that the neighbors have NOT come and taken the good boards and wind frames from the house what is his conclusion? (ch.6) - correct answer -When nothing is taken from the Joad home, Tom comes to the conclusion that the neighbors must have deserted their farms too - Like the Joads, the farmers were forced to leave their land by the banks and landowners. why does mule graves not go with his family to California? (ch.6) - correct answer -being forced to move out was unfair and Muley feels prideful towards his land -something just wouldn't let him why did toms family NOT put up the fight that he expected them to? why didn't they shoot the actor driver and fight to stay on their land? (ch.6) - correct answer -everyone was being forced to leave so they had no choice -if the Joads shot the tractor driver it wouldn't have accomplished anything because the tractor driver was just doing what he was told to make money to feed his family -killing the tractor driver wouldn't accomplish anything because the companies would just hire someone else to plow down the house What is Jim Casy referring to when he says, "Muley 's got a-holt of somepin, an' it's too big for him, an' it's too big for me"? (ch.6) - correct answer -Casy is referring to Muley Graves' idea about sharing food -muley shares his food because i