GRAPES OF WRATH EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
What was the family searching for? - answers -work, hope, home, stability, universal
needs that affect everyone, a new life
Why do you suppose the preacher lost his spirit? - answers -he is the voice/philosophy
of steinback
Goodness comes not from god but us
Sees things as they are
Says maybe we've got the whole religion thing wrong
Lost faith
No self control
No such thing as sin or virtue
Holy spirit is us loving eachother
What factors caused muley to be touched? - answers -being left alone, having all of his
hard work destroyed, leaving family and property
Grief
There was no one to blame
Wanted to stay behind
Why do you suppose the locals want to burn down the transient camp? - answers -they
didn't want their jobs taken away
They were needy
They increase competition for jobs because they would take work for less
Sign of poverty
Why were the men striking? - answers -they were saying they would pay them more
and then would pay them less
Not legally contracting
, Sees them as less than human
What is the importance of family to the joads? - answers -it is everything and they would
do anything for each other
It is breaking apart
All they have and they can't trust anyone else
How is the government camp different from the transient camp? - answers -there
weren't any cops, showers, schools, etc, dances, police themselves, company store
Communism - government provide best
What is a red? Why are they afraid of them? - answers -communist - gaining force and
taking over world and people wanted to protect democracy
Why is there prejudice against the oakies? - answers -don't get it, poor, needy,
uneducated, criminals
How does tommy's i will be there speech symbolize the american spirit? - answers -
american dream
Justice
Looking for soul of america
Hope will always exist
To depict misery and hopelessness, the picture is done in shadows, how does the last
scene, the sky, characterize the american spirit? - answers -ma says they're the people,
the backbone and the common people
Always hope, new opportunity, adapt to situation,
Ma says women go with the flow but men act
At the end of the film, how much of the joad family is still intact? - answers -6 left
Tom joad - answers -main character, released from prison, violent tendencies, plain
spoken, forthright
Rev jim casey - answers -lost faith, spirit, believes all holy comes from socialism, apart
of labor activists
Ma joad - answers -forceful, kindness, keeps family together
What was the family searching for? - answers -work, hope, home, stability, universal
needs that affect everyone, a new life
Why do you suppose the preacher lost his spirit? - answers -he is the voice/philosophy
of steinback
Goodness comes not from god but us
Sees things as they are
Says maybe we've got the whole religion thing wrong
Lost faith
No self control
No such thing as sin or virtue
Holy spirit is us loving eachother
What factors caused muley to be touched? - answers -being left alone, having all of his
hard work destroyed, leaving family and property
Grief
There was no one to blame
Wanted to stay behind
Why do you suppose the locals want to burn down the transient camp? - answers -they
didn't want their jobs taken away
They were needy
They increase competition for jobs because they would take work for less
Sign of poverty
Why were the men striking? - answers -they were saying they would pay them more
and then would pay them less
Not legally contracting
, Sees them as less than human
What is the importance of family to the joads? - answers -it is everything and they would
do anything for each other
It is breaking apart
All they have and they can't trust anyone else
How is the government camp different from the transient camp? - answers -there
weren't any cops, showers, schools, etc, dances, police themselves, company store
Communism - government provide best
What is a red? Why are they afraid of them? - answers -communist - gaining force and
taking over world and people wanted to protect democracy
Why is there prejudice against the oakies? - answers -don't get it, poor, needy,
uneducated, criminals
How does tommy's i will be there speech symbolize the american spirit? - answers -
american dream
Justice
Looking for soul of america
Hope will always exist
To depict misery and hopelessness, the picture is done in shadows, how does the last
scene, the sky, characterize the american spirit? - answers -ma says they're the people,
the backbone and the common people
Always hope, new opportunity, adapt to situation,
Ma says women go with the flow but men act
At the end of the film, how much of the joad family is still intact? - answers -6 left
Tom joad - answers -main character, released from prison, violent tendencies, plain
spoken, forthright
Rev jim casey - answers -lost faith, spirit, believes all holy comes from socialism, apart
of labor activists
Ma joad - answers -forceful, kindness, keeps family together
