Grapes of Wrath Review

In The Grapes of Wrath the characters are selling:

• Their house and land

• Their extra food and baked goods

• Stuff they can't carry with them and horses

• Nachos and Diet Coke

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

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CCSS.RL.K.6

Where is the narrator planning on traveling to?

• California

• New York

• Oklahoma

• his hometown

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When he goes into town, how does the narrator feel towards those he talks to?

• Grateful

• Indifferent

• Concerned

• Bitter

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of these people would most likely be described as ruthless?

• A coach who doesn't know how to play the game

• A charity that raises money for others

• A dictator who treats his people harshly

• A teacher who gives students granola bars

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What do the characters do with the belongings they can't take with them?

• They sell them

• They give them to neighbors

• They leave them on the side of the road

• They burn them

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

In the story, why do the characters decide to move away?

• They are being forced off their land by the government

• They can't survive on the dry farmland anymore

• They want to live closer to family

• They have another job waiting for them in another state

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of the situations best illustrates the word toil.

• You need to have exact change to drive over the bridge.

• We bought new carpet for the house to make it look nicer.

• Spring runoff is causing lower lands to flood.

• All day long the landscapers dug holes and planted bushes.

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

When the narrator says, "You're not buying only junk, you're buying junked lives" what does he mean?

• The value of junk is only appreciated by the owner.

• If you buy junk from other people, you are a bad person.

• The people who owned the junk now seem to have worthless lives.

• Only people with bad taste would have this much junk.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

If a woman is digging through her purse frantically, which of the following is most likely true?

• She is trying to be funny to those around her.

• She starts to panic when she can't find what she's looking for.

• She searches her purse in a slow and careful way.

• She is distracted by activities around her while searching her purse.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Read this passage: "How'll it be not to know what land's outside your door? How if you wake up in the night and know - and know the willow trees not there? Can you live without the willow tree? Well, no, you can't. The willow tree is you."

What does the willow tree represent?

• Lost childhood dreams

• His personal history

• New opportunities in another place

• The lost love of someone in his life

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