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The Grapes of Wrath
Section 1 (characters)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Lost his farm and had to move in with Uncle John | Pa |
| Beat a peddler with a live chicken one time. She is mainly focused on the strength of the family unit. | Ma |
| Grandma says this about him: "A wicketer, cussin'er man never lived. He's goin' to hell on a poker, praise Gawd." | Grandpa |
| She is the most religious person in the family. | Grandma |
| Just out of jail and is finally getting back with his family. The main character in the story. | Tom Joad |
| The 12-year-old sister of Tom Joad. | Ruthie |
| He used to be a preacher till he decided that love of other people was more important than love of Jesus. | Jim Casy |
| A vagrant who has been displaced by the banks. He moves around squatting in the ruined houses. | Muley Graves |
| The 10-year-old brother of Ruthie Joad. | Winfield |
| Oldest of the Joad boys. He is strange and quiet. | Noah |
| The youngest of the Joad boys. He is obsessed with cars and has far too much testosterone. | Al |
| Tom's pretty sister. She is pregnany with her first child. | Rose of Sharon |
| Tom's brother-in-law. | Connie Rivers |
| Pa's brother. The Joad family had to move into his house, although he had already gotten his 'notice' too. | Uncle John |
| State that the Joad's live in before beginning their journey to California. | Oklahoma |
| The author of "The Grapes of Wrath" (the novel) | John Steinbeck |