The Grapes of Wrath Edition

1. Are you smarter than a land owner? The Grapes of Wrath Edition Click for sound

2. Are You Smarter than a Land Owner Questions BONUS ROUND!!! Chapters 1-5 Chapters 6-10 Chapters 11-15 Chapters 16-20 Chapters 21-25 Chapters 26-30 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 40 40 40 40 40 40 50 50 50 50 50 50

3. Chapter 3 What color was the turtle’s toenails? A.) Yellow B.) Green C.) Red D.) Black A C D B

4. Chapter 2 What does Tom Joad say to the truck driver about what aggravates him? A.) when people act stupid when they aren’t B.) when people don’t respect their elders C.) when people are rude D.) when people ask a lot of questions A C D B

5. Chapter 4 When they arrive at the Joad household what is it that they notice wrong? A.) there is a loaded truck in front of the house B.) the windows are broken C.) the house is empty D.) the house’s front door is unlocked A C D B

6. Chapter 1 What was not a way in TGoW that the Oklahoma people protected themselves from the dust? A.) they wore handkerchiefs over their mouths and noses B.) they wore oxygen masks C.) they hung wet sheets in their door frames to catch it D.) they sealed their windows A B C D

7. Chapter 5 The driver of the tractor argues why he is taking that job. What is one of these reasons? A.) His house is run down B.) His children have no shoes C.) His family has no food D.) His children cannot go to school A B C D

8. Chapter 8 Whose wife died when she was pregnant and had stomach pains? A.) Uncle John B.) Old Tom C.) Grandpa D.) Muley A B C D

9. Chapter 7 What is sold at the business described in this chapter? A.) Animals B.) Wood C.) Cars D.) Tools A B C D

10. Chapter 10 How many pigs do they kill for them to eat? A.) one B.) two C.) three D.) four A B C D

11. Chapter 6 What is wrong with the Joad house? A.) It has broken windows B.) It is old C.) It is dusty D.) It’s sides are misshapen A B C D

12. Chapter 9 Fill in this quote: “There was no room on the truck for ___________ objects.” A.) colorful B.) stupid C.) sentimental D.) big A B C D

13. Chapter 12 What are Al’s main interests? (A) Cars and clothes (B) Music and girls (C) Girls and cars (D) Music and clothes A B C D

14. Chapter 13 Who offers to bury the Joads’ dog? A.) Uncle John B.) Pa C.) Winfield D.) Gas Station Attendant A B C D

15. Chapter 11 What happens to the empty houses? A.) Animals live there B.) It crumbles C.) It becomes dusty D.) It gets blown over A B C D

16. Chapter 15 What does the truckers do when Mae is so kind with the poor family and gives them cheap bread and candy? A.) They smile and wave B.) They give her a big tip C.) The tell her a story about a poor family they know D.) They laugh at Mae A B C D

17. Chapter 14 What do the western citizens fear? A.) that the land will lose able to produce crops B.) that the migrants will revolt C.) the Indians taking back the land D.) the US will have a civil war A B C D

18. Chapter 17 Twenty traveling families can join a camp and then they become _____ big family. A.) a happy B.) one C.) a lonely D.) a sad A B C D

19. Chapter 16 The man that talks to Pa about the phony handbills lost his: A.) wife and kids B.) dog C.) job D.) mind A B C D

20. Chapter 20 Where do Ma and Pa leave Granma’s body? (A) A coroner’s office (B) A hospital morgue (C) Under a sycamore tree (D) By the banks of a stream A B C D

21. Chapter 19 Who once owned California? A.) Indians B.) England C.) Mexico D.) Squatters A B C D

22. Chapter 18 Why do the Wilsons stay behind? A.) They are running out of money B.) Ivy is sick C.) Sairy is sick D.) Their car is totaled A B C D

23. Chapter 22 Where did Tom find work? A. Tom found work at a cannery. B. Tom found work at a bank. C. Tom found work-picking peaches for Mr. Thomas. D. Tom found work digging a ditch for Mr. Thomas. A B C D

24. Chapter 21 Why did the migrant farmers offer to lower their salary rates? A. They needed shoes. B. They needed to buy a house. C. The landowners forced them to. D. Because they were so desperate for the jobs A B C D

25. Chapter 25 • What did the big farm industries do to the small local farms in the spring? • They overtook the small businesses with their production. • They sent workers to destroy the local farmer’s crops. • C. They bought canneries. • D. They grew peaches. A B C D

26. Chapter 23 • What was one way that men in the migrant camps temporarily forgot their miseries? • They drank alcohol. • They drank eggnog. • They slept. • They made music. A B C D

27. Chapter 24 • What were some of the precautions that the men took to ensure that there was no fight at the dance? • They checked each person for their license before they entered the dance. • They placed men all over the building and camp to watch for suspicious men. They also asked each person entering the dance who had invited them. • They built a fort and shot the suspicious people approaching. • They got the police to guard the entrance to the dance and they asked each person who invited them to the dance. A B C D

28. Chapter 28 • Where did the Joads find a place to live? • They lived in their tent. • They found a cave to live in. • They found a box car community and lived with another family. • They lived in their car. A B C D

29. Chapter 30 • What happened to Rose of Sharon’s baby? • The baby was born healthy. • The baby became very sick and died. • The baby died/ it was never alive. • There was no baby. A B C D

30. Chapter 27 • How were some of the scales changed to be unfair? • The migrant farmers broke them before they weighed their sacks of cotton. • The migrant farmers put rocks in the sacks and the scales were sometimes not centered correctly. • The migrant farmers sat on them. • The landowners did not use scales to weigh cotton. A B C D

31. Chapter 29 • What did the migrant men’s feelings of fear turn in to? • Their feelings of fear turned into feelings of anger. • They went into a deep depression. • The feelings of fear turned into feelings of happiness. • The men’s feelings of fear did not change. A B C D

32. Chapter 26 • What happened to Casey and how did Tom react? • A man gave Casey a piece of candy and Tom ran away because he was not given one. • A man killed Casey with pick handle and Tom ran away. • A man killed Casey with a pick handle and Tom got really mad and killed the man with the pick handle. • The mob of angry migrant farmers engulfed Casey into the mob and Tom got angry and cursed at the mob. A B C D

33. Bonus Round HOW MUCH WILL YOU RISK? 20% 40% 50% 60% 80% 100% NONE

34. Bonus Round Fill in each box of this family tree on the paper given to your group and we will tell you if it’s right. 1 2 3 4 11 5 6 7 8 9 10 = marriage = children

35. WRONG Subtract the points of this question and go back to home. Wrong

36. CORRECT!!!! Add to your score and go back to home!

37. THE END