20 questions
Why did the Okies move to California?
They wanted to see movie stars.
They lost their jobs in Oklahoma.
Their families lived in California
They were escaping the dust bowl.
What was one cause of the dust storms?
Hurricanes
Drought
Planting gardens
Greedy people
True or False: Songs are considered an artform.
True
False
What does impoverished mean?
bitterness
poor
wealthy
discouraged
Katie wasn't chosen for class president even though she gave the better speech. She feels demoralized. What does she mean?
She feels bitter and angry.
She feels depressed and lonely.
She feels excited and optimistic.
She feels depressed and discouraged.
Why was "Black Sunday" no ordinary day?
It was one of the worst disasters in Texas and Oklahoma.
People didn't see the dust storm coming.
People had to sell their belongings.
People had to move to California.
What did the farmer in The Grapes of Wrath mean when he said, "Well take it - all junk - and give me five dollars. You're not buying only junk, you're buying junked lives."
This junk represents their ruined lives.
You're dumb for buying a bunch of junk.
Those who buy others junk have little meaning in their lives.
Our lives will be better without this junk.
Why do the Okies burn their belongings at the end of The Grapes of Wrath?
They needed to stay warm.
They didn't want anyone else to have their things.
They couldn't take them to Virginia.
They were frantic to leave.
What does the word toil mean?
play
work
sleep
talk
True or False: The Great Depression and the Dust Bowl happened at the same time.
True
False
Why did the author of The Grapes of Wrath repeat the word bitterness over and over in the excerpt?
He wanted the reader to understand how depressed and angry the farmers were to have to give up and move to California.
He wanted the reader to understand that the people were worthless because they had to move to California.
He wanted the reader to know that there was hope for the farmers in California.
He wanted the reader to realize that dreams can come true if we keep trying.
What was the date of the dust storm in "Black Sunday?"
August 14, 1925
August 14, 1935
August 14, 1945
August 14, 1955
Why did the tenant farmers "sift their belongings and the belongings of their fathers and of their grandfathers?"
They were looking for valuables to sell so they could pay for the move.
They had lost some things that were important to them.
They had to decide what to take and what to leave behind when they moved.
They needed to give their grandfathers back the things that belonged to them.
True or False: The farmer in The Grapes of Wrath believes that the people who buy his belongings will have better luck than he did.
True
False
True or False: The farmer in The Grapes of Wrath believes that the people who buy his belongings will suffer just like he did.
True
False
True or False: The farmers were prepared for the dust storm on Black Sunday.
True
False
What does the word ruthless mean?
competitive
bitter
cruel
compassionate
Which text evidence supports the fact that the farmers were discouraged about having to move?
In the little houses the tenant people sifted their belongings and the belongings of their fathers and of their grandfathers.
Right up the sides of the trailer, and the kids can set in the trailer, and granma on a mattress
And the children—if Sam takes his Indian bow an’ his long roun’ stick, I get to take two things.
This land, this red land, is us; and the flood years and the dust years and the drought years are us. We can’t start again.
In The Grapes of Wrath, what does the farmer say they must take with them when they move?
wagon
horse
pots
rifle
What do the things the farmer is selling represent?
farming
junk
memories
money