INFORMATION FOR THE ACADEMIC DECATHLON TEAM CHAPTER 24

MORE ON THE GRAPES OF WRATH

Chapter 24, Page 331:

1. Page 331: Preparations for the camp dance
2. Page332: The men of the camp prepare for the forewarned riot.
3. Page 332: Huston instructs Eaton to tell the men not to harm the perpetrators of the riot.
4. Page 333: The plan is to remove the perpetrators through the back entrance.
5. Page 334: Keep in mind the camp is federal territory and cannot be entered by local law enforcement unless there is a problem.
6. Page 334: The ladies in Unit Three had had a fight earlier in the day. They threw garbage at each other.
7. Page 334: The Ladies' Committee was told the fight was their problem. The men would not step in.
8. Page 335: Security system establishment completed
9. Page 335: What is Steinbeck's purpose in having the "Jesus lovers" sit in front of their tents during the dance?
10. Page 336: Tom reappears.
11. Page 336: Why does Tom tease Rose of Sharon?
12. Page 336: Tom's sarcastic remark about Connie: "Well, she might's well give him up. He's prob'ly to be President of the United States by now."
13. Page 337: Tom is asked to participate in the security by watching who comes in the front gate. Would you have chosen Tom for this job if you knew his history? Why? or Why not?
14. Page 337: What is the real reason Rose of Sharon will not dance?
15. Page 338: Why did Black Hat lose his job?
16. Page 339: According to Black Hat, why was his little boy taunted in a Californian school?
17. Page 339: Pa is chastised by Black Hat for his willingness to take twenty cents per hour.
18. Page 339: The dance begins.
19. Page 339: Jule Vitela, a half-Cherokee is sent to help Tom at the front gate.
20. Page 339: Why does Jule wish he were a full-blooded Indian?
21. Page 340: Three suspects come in saying they were invited by Jackson.
22. Page 341: How did the suspects know Jackson?
23. Page 341: According to Willie, how was Jule able to spot the suspects.
24. Page 341: The caller shouts instructions to the dancers.
25. Page 342: "Dol ce do" is corrupted French for back to back.
26. Page 342: "Swedes up in Dakota...Put pepper on the floor. Gits up in the ladies' skirts an' makes 'em purty lively-lively as a filly in season. Swedes do that sometimes"
27. Page 342: The sin of dancing-does the quotation in Number 26 reinforce this concept.
28. Page 342: Why do the children invade the dance floor when the music stops?
29. Page 343: One of the suspects tries to cut in on a couple.
30. Page 343: A whistle blows and the suspects are "walled in" by the camp security.
31. Page 343: The music and dancing resume. Why?
32. Page 343: Deputies drive into the camp.
33. Page 343: Security guards demand to see the deputies' warrant.
34. Page 343: The deputies decide there is no riot and drive out of the camp.
35. Page 343: The security guards question the three perpetrators, wishing to know who put them up to causing a riot.
36. Page 344: Huston uses a moral argument to persuade the perpetrators to say who hired them.
37. Page 345: Pa predicts change.
38. Page 345: Black hat alludes to the Appalachians' march against a tire company in Akron, Ohio in 1936. It is referred to as "The Turkey Shoot."
39. Page 345: Black Hat wishes to have a turkey shoot in California.