characters

Question 1

the main Joad

Answer 1

Tom Joad

Question 2

the mother

Answer 2

Ma Joad

Question 3

Tom’s father

Answer 3

Pa Joad

Question 4

the former preacher and the Jesus Christ figure

Answer 4

Jim Casy

Question 5

her husband abandons her and her baby is still born

Answer 5

Rose of Sharon

Question 6

first to die

Answer 6

Grandpa Joad

Question 7

dies quickly after her husband dies

Answer 7

Grandma Joad

Question 8

takes care of the family truck

Answer 8

Al Joad

Question 9

A couple travelling to California whom the Joad’s meet on Highway 66

Answer 9

Ivy and Sairy Wilson

Question 10

abandons his wife

Answer 10

Connie

Question 11

last sighted walking down the river away from his family

Answer 11

Noah Joad

Question 12

He has never forgiven himself for his wife’s death, and he often dwells heavily on the negligence he considers a sin

Answer 12

Uncle Joad

Question 13

tells another child that her brother has killed 2 men leading to Tom having to flee

Answer 13

Ruthie Joad

Question 14

the youngest member of the family - Ma worries for his well-being, fearing that without a proper home he will grow up to be wild and rootless

Answer 14

Winfield Joad

Question 15

The migrant worker who first inspires Tom and Casy to work for labor organization

Answer 15

Floyd Knowles

Question 16

One of the Joads’ Oklahoma neighbours. When the bank evicts his family, he refuses to leave his land. Instead, he lets his wife and children move to California without him

Answer 16

Muley Graves

Question 17

The daughter of the couple who shares the Joads’ boxcar toward the end of the novel. she becomes engaged to Al, who leaves his family in order to stay with her

Answer 17

Agnes Wainwright