From Grapes of Wrath

What impression does the underlined word give about the tenant men in this sentence from the excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath? The tenant men scuffed home to the farms through the red dust.

• It suggests the men are full of energy.

• It suggests the men are rushing to get home.

• It suggests the men have a purposeful stride.

• It suggests the men move without enthusiasm.

In the excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath, to what sense does the phrase “red dust” appeal?

• sight

• taste

• smell

• touch

Read the following passage from the exerpt from The Grapes of Wrath.

Those fine bays, matched they are, matched in color, matched the way they walk, stride to stride…. And in the morning, the light on them, bay light. They look over the fence sniffing for us, and the stiff ears swivel to hear us, and the black forelocks! I’ve got a girl. She likes to braid the manes and forelocks, puts little red bows on them…. Off horse is eight, near is ten, but might have been twin colts the way they work together. See? The teeth. Sound all over. Deep lungs. Feet fair and clean…. Take ’em quick, mister. You’re buying a little girl plaiting the forelocks, taking off her hair ribbon to make bows, standing back, head cocked, rubbing the soft noses with her cheek.

What impression of the horses does this imagery create?

• The horses are beloved by the farmer's family.

• The horses are hard workers on the farm.

• The horses like to have their manes braided.

• The horses cost a lot of money at the market.

Which words in the excerpt in question 21 most clearly reinforce this impression of the horses?

• matched they are, matched in color

• .They look over the fence sniffing for us

• Off horse is eight, near is ten

• rubbing the soft noses with her cheek

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

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

What theme is suggested by this passage from the story:

"To California or any place - every one a drum major leading a parade of hurts, marching with our bitterness."

• Being bitter will never make your live easier

• Everybody carries personal pain in their life

• We can escape our bitterness by moving locations

• People need to rise above their petty problems

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

• Grateful

• Indifferent

• Concerned

• Bitter

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

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.