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Identify colors that Steinbeck uses to describe the land (Ch 1) - correct answer -Red and grey to describe the country parts of Oklahoma -Brown and green are used to describe the dying, changing land and crops -The sky and earth are described as becoming more pale -The is describe as hot red, orange after the dust storms Identify 4 examples of figurative language used (Ch 1) - correct answer How do the children act after the dusts storms? (Ch 1) - correct answer They do not run out of the house in excitement. The children draw in the dust with their toes listening and waiting for the men to break or carry on. How do the women act after the dust storms? (Ch 1) - correct answer The women stand by their husbands to see if they will break. The women wait in silence for disaster "The women and children know that no misfortune will be too great to bear as long as their men remain whole." How do the men act after the dusts storms (Ch 1) - correct answer The men are silent and staring off at their dying crop fields. They become, angry, resistant, and start thinking. After the men and women and children see this, they both know things will be okay because the men are okay.* What does the sticker say on the truck (Ch 2) - correct answer Oklahoma City Transport (on the front: No Riders) Describe Tom Joad's clothes? (Ch 2) - correct answer Tom Joad has new but cheaply made clothes. None of the clothing items fit the way they should on him (tall person). His suit does not fit right, and his shoes are small. Where did Tom Joad get his clothes? (ch2) - correct answer HE was given the clothes from prison after he was set free Why does the tuck driver feel trapped? (Ch 2) - correct answer b/c he wants to be a good man but his company he works for does not allow riders What is happening to the croppers? (Ch 2) - correct answer They are being put out of business by machinery because it replaces the work of 10 people or more. They dust, strong drought, and low money are getting rid of the croppers as well What is Tom Joad's father? (Ch 2) - correct answer o'l Tom Joad Who does Tim know that uses big words? (Ch 2) - correct answer preacher How long has Joad been in McAlester (prison)? - correct answer 4 years (not 7 years because he had good behavior) What crime was Joad sent to prison for committing? (Ch 2) - correct answer Homicide (killing someone) Describe the turtle's journey across the road. Does he live? (Chapter 3 is intercalary which has nothing to do with the plot line) - correct answer -It was very long and tiring -it was hard for the turtle to climb the embankment along the road -it gets hit by a car and still lives and continues on walking What color are Joad's shoes? (Ch. 4) - correct answer Yellow (colored, dusty, too small) What does Joad pick up and roll up in his coat? (Ch. 4) - correct answer Turtle: Tom took his shoes off and rolled them in his coat with the turtle he found on the side of the road (chapter 3) Identify the simile used to describe Jim Casy? (Ch. 4) - correct answer (Jim casy's body is like a celery stalk, long, skinny, barley any muscle) celery stalk What does Jim Casy mean when he says, "ain't got the call no more"? (Ch. 4) - correct answer He is losing his call from God. He starts to have sinful thoughts and lusting towards girls Where has Jim Casy been? (Ch. 4) - correct answer Casy left and went to be alone to think Why does Jim Casy call himself a hypocrite? (Ch. 4) - correct answer people continued to tell him no to "mess" with girls, but he continued anyway What were girls to Jim Casy? (Ch. 4) - correct answer Holy vessels (He thought he was saving their souls pg 22) What does Casy figure out about the Holy Spirit? (Ch. 4) - correct answer Casy believes that it is a universal spirit meant for all humans. Men and women are loved. (pg 24) What does Tom plan to do with the turtle?(Ch. 4) - correct answer To give it to his children to play with What was Tom Joad's crime? (Ch. 4) - correct answer Homicide (Tom killed a man while they were both drunk at a dance. The man had stabbed him, and Tom hit with a shovel which killed him) Why does the Joad's house look so funny on one end? (Ch. 4) - correct answer Tom's grandfather, father, and brother Noah could only steal one part of the house. Wink Manley stole the other half before they could get to it. Who ate all the pork and never really shared? - correct answer Uncle John When Tom and Jim arrive to the Joad's house, what did they see? - correct answer it was empty (no one was there) The bank or the Company is compared to what? (Ch. 5) - correct answer a monster What does the cotton do to the land? (Ch. 5) (pg 32*) - correct answer The cotton kills the land and sucks all the nutrients out of it What crop is being described? "it robs it, sucks all the blood out of it." (pg 32) - correct answer cotton Why can't the tenant system work any longer? (Ch. 5) - correct answer b/c the bank in failing (due to no money coming into it, tractors and many other reasons ) To where does the bank suggest the tenants go? (Ch. 5) - correct answer California A person who farms land owned by another and pays rent in cash or in share of the crops-describe what - correct answer tenant Why is Joe Davis's boy driving the tractor and hurting his own people? (Ch. 5) - correct answer He is using to the tractor the bank gave to "farm" the land. He earns 3 dollars a day, and he needs the money to feed his family (even though it is hurting a lot of people) What warns Tom that something is wrong with the neighbor hood? - correct answer Nothing off the house has been stolen or looted (like every other house has been if it has been left) From where does the bank get orders? (Ch. 5) - correct answer From the East ("The orders were 'Make the land show profit or we'll close you up.") Who is Willy Feeley? (Ch. 6) - correct answer the guy who drove the tractor that forced the Joad family out What do Tom and Jim Casy discover when they arrive at the Joad's house? (Ch. 6) - correct answer It is deserted Where did the Joads go to when the left their house? (Ch. 6) - correct answer They are all at Uncle Johns until they can earn enough money to move to California (The got tractored off their land) What would Ma have made sure was done to the gate? (Ch. 6) - correct answer make sure that is was hooked and shut Where does Muley say he would be if he hadn't been told to got off the land? (Ch. 6) - correct answer He would be in California What Tom and Jim Casy think might have happened to the Joads family - correct answer they might be dead or gone (everything throughout the house and shed are gone, tools, all furniture)