MORE INFORMATION FOR THE ACADEMIC DECATHLON TEAM

MORE ON THE GRAPES OF WRATH

Chapter 22, Page 285 of the authorized test:

1. Page 285: The Joads are at the government camp.
2. Page 285: There are bumps in the roadway to prevent speeding in the camp.
3. Page 286: Big Brother provides.
4. Page 286: The camp has its own security guards.
5. Page 287: The camp watchman asks the Joads about money.
6. Page 287: Camp residents may pay by working at the camp.
7. Page 287: Why is Tom looking a gift horse in the mouth?
8. Page 287: The camp has a central committee. This term was used in The Soviet Union.
9. Page 288: Camp dances
10. Page 288: Sanitary Units
11. Page 288: Tom refuses to tell Ma the details of the camp. Why?
12. Page 289: Ma fusses about Tom's not telling her the details.
13. Page 290: Clothing stiff with "filler." This is most likely sizing still used by cheap manufacturers to make clothing fit the buyer before it is washed.
14. Page 290: "The kindness of strangers"
15. Page 291: Tom gets a job offer.
16. Page 292. Tom wishes to leave to take the job.
17. Page 292. An old man is working to pay his camp fees? (actually, just paying off a fine)
18. Page 292: Tom meets Timothy and Wilkie Wallace.
19. Page 293: Tom wishes to know why they invite him to join them on the job.
20. Page 294: Thirty cents per hour for laying pipe
21. Page 294: The Farmers Association's official name is Associated Farmers.
22. Page 294: The Bank of the West is now The Bank of America.
23. Page 295: The Bank of America forces the farmers to cut the workers wages. Why?
24. Page 295: Newspaper says citizens burned the camp of agitators.
25. Page 295: The men accept twenty-five cents an hour.
26. Page 296: Mr. Thomas, the employer, described as a good man.
27. Page 296: Mr. Thomas warns of planned trouble in the camp. This would allow local police to come in.
28. Page 296: The plan is a camp fight. Tom fails to understand why someone would wish to cause a fight.
29. Page 297: More on The Central Committee
30. Page 298: Reds defined by Mr. Hines.
31. Page 298: Ruthie tries to enter the sanitary unit.
32. Page 299: Ruthie lies to Winfield to peek his curiosity.
33. Page 299: Ruthie discovers toilets.
34. Page 299: Ruthie and Winfield explore the sanitary unit.
35. Page 300: Ruthie tells Ma that Tom has a Job. Ruthie seems to be the center of trouble a number of times. Is Al right in saying she needs punishment.
36. Page 301: Ma enters the men's room unknowingly.
37. Page 302: Is Ma freaking out about the visit of The Ladies' Committee?
38. Page 302: Ma chastises Rose of Sharon again.
39. Page 303: Ma does not wish to have the family appear "frawny." The word means covered dust mixed wit sweat.
40. Page 303: Ma asks Pa to clean up the children.
41. Page 304: Jim Rawley, the camp manager, is pleasant and welcoming.
42. Page 304: The camp is running well.
43. Page 305: Ma is overcome with happiness about the camp.
44. Page 306: Al wishes to get a job in a garage, buy a car, and, of course, pick up girls.
45. Page 306: Pa does not trust the camp manager. Why?
46. Page 307: Rose of Sharon explains how to use a shower to Ma.
47. Page 308: The Apple Lady, Mrs. Elizabeth Sandry, tells Rose of Sharon that dancing is a sin. "...and if you have got sin on you-you watch out for that there baby."
48. Page 309: Why does Steinbeck need this lecture on dancing?
49. Page 309: Mrs. Sandry continues the tirade with an attack on theater and saying the Devil is loose in the camp.
50. Page 310: Mrs. Sandry tells of a sinning girl's whose baby died. Why?
51. Page 310-311: The camp manager explains that Mrs. Sandry likes to make trouble.
52. Page 311: Ma pays Connie a "backhanded" compliment.
53. Page 312: The Ladies' Committee arrives.
54. Page 314: There is dissension in the committee.
55. Page 315: The committee wishes to limit toilet paper.
56. Page 315: A woman confesses that her children have the "skitters."
57. Page 315: Residents can get credit at the Weedpatch store.
58. Page 316: Mrs. Joyce rejects charity.
59. Page 316: Mrs. Littlefield rails at the Salvation Army. Why?
60. Page 317: Ruthie forces herself into the croquet game.
61. Page 318: Why does Ruthie break down?
62. Page 319: John's guilt continues.
63. Page 319: John predicts the return of Casy.
64. Page 319: When Al says he would like a job in garage, Pa grunts. Is Pa objecting to this idea?
65. Page 320: Mrs. Sandry speaks out again.
66. Page 320: Ma tells Mrs. Sandry to leave.
67. Page 321: Ma threatens Mrs Sandry.
68. Page 321: What is Mrs. Sandry's problem?
69. Page 321: The camp manager tells Ma that Mrs. Sandry is ill.
70. Page 323: Ma's flashbacks

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