Grapes of Wrath Chapters 17-19

What decision does Noah make in chapter 18?

• Noah decides to go back to Oklahoma

• Noah wants to make his way to California on his own - he's too much trouble for the family

• He decides to simply stay at the river

• Noah wants to move to California and make cartoons about a mouse

• Tom secretly tells Noah to go away because he's a liability to the family

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According to the men sharing the river with the Joads, what is the reality of what the Okies will find in California?

• They will love California

• The Joad's will find that the people there hate them and call them 'Okies'

• The Joad's will make a new living for themselves

• The Joad's will make it big in Hollywood

• The Joad's will starve to death

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What connotation does the word 'Okie' have when Californians use it?

• friendly - they want to make new friends

• fighting-words

  the Californians love fighting

• endearing

• derogatory - like a racist term

• a nice euphemism

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On pages 209-210, what point is Ma trying to make when talking to Rose of Sharon about how the concepts of birth and death eventually change over time?

• Rose of Sharon is young and everything to her is new, but over the years, she will see that everything is all part of the bigger cycle of life

• Rose of Sharon is young and not tough, but Grandma is old and tough

• Birth and death are not the same thing

• That Rose of Sharon will be lonely after giving birth.

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Why does Ma so stubbornly refuse to allow the “Jehovites” to pray for Granma in the Joads’ tent?

• Ma thinks the Jehovites are not sincere in their prayers
• Ma believes the Jehovites' prayers will not be effective
• Ma thinks the Jehovites are trying to convert Granma to their religion
• Ma believes they are actually just nuts

• Ma wants privacy in their time of grief

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Even though Casy again claims that he is no longer a preacher, why does Sairy Wilson really want him to pray for her?

• She wants him to understand that he is still a preacher

• She knows she's going to die

• She believes his prayers can bring her good luck

• She believes his prayers have power and can bring her comfort or healing

• She's actually bored from being sick all the time, and wants Casy's companionship

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What final act of kindness (sense of community) do the Joads perform for the Wilsons before they leave them behind?

• They give them clothes

• They give them Casy

• They give them Pokemon cards

• They give them their car.
• They give them food and money

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What comments do the service station attendants make to reflect the negative connotation of the word Okie?

• They do the best they can with what little they have.

• Got no sense and no feeling. No better than gorillas.

• They're so dumb, they'll get a deadly sunburn crossing the desert.

• Some humans live better than they do and some don't. It's a shame what's happening to our country.

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What does Casy say to Uncle John about sin, guilt, and luck in this chapter? (pages 224-25)

• Luck is just somepin people aren't sure about

• Guilt is when you aren't sure if you've sinned or not - and sin is sompin you give to yerself

• "I don't believe in sin anymore, and I don't believe in luck. You jus got ta make it on yer own"

• Sin is something you're not sure about - I don't think there's luck or bad luck

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When does Granma finally die, and how does Ma show her strength and determination in getting to California?

• Granma is pushed out of the moving truck by Ma while everyone's asleep - Ma shows strength by covering it up until California.

• Granma falls out of the truck and gets hit just like the dog foreshadowed - Ma shows her strength and determination by bribing the border guards.

• Granma dies while driving through the desert and Ma shows her strength by standing up to the border guards and lying about Granma being sick.

• Granma dies in the ocean and Ma shows her strength and determination by swimming across and lying about Granma's death.
• Granma finally dies to the relief of Ma, who hated her since her childhood - Ma is strong by sleeping next to the dead body

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