The Grapes Of Wrath Trivia Quiz

Answer: A truck driver

In the opening scene of the movie, Tom walks by a diner and asks a truck driver for a lift. The driver points to a sign in the windshield that says, "No Riders".
The driver relents and gives Tom a ride. After getting out of the truck, he encounters Casey, the preacher and later, an old friend, Muley Graves.

Answer: Shovel

As related to Casey, the preacher, Tom got into a fight and was stabbed with a knife. He then smashed the man's head, "plumb to squash" with a shovel.

Answer: He was paroled.

Tom was sentenced to seven years in prison and paroled after serving four. Many of his family members were convinced that he had broken out.

Answer: John Joad

John Joad is Tom's uncle. After the scene where the men bathe in the river, Noah, Tom's older brother, disappears from the film entirely, with no explanation. Both Al and Winfield are Tom's younger brothers.

Answer: Cameo Brooch

There is also a newspaper article about the murder trial of her son, Tom, which she burns along with the post card. She puts the china dog in her pocket. She holds the earrings up to her ears and looks at her reflection in a mirror, creating one of the most touching scenes in the film.

Answer: Connie

Rose of Sharon married Connie Rivers, from Cherokee County Oklahoma. Connie later abandons his pregnant wife and the rest of the Joad family during the trip west.

Answer: Muley Graves

Family friend, Muley Graves, the homeless man who has holed up in the Joads' abandoned shack, stayed behind to, "watch over things". Muley wasn't sure if he was going crazy or not. The preacher said he was lonely but not crazy.

Answer: A loaf of bread

The waitress wants 15 cents for the loaf of bread but the owner, feeling sorry for the family, says it is, "yesterday's bread" and only charges him a dime. Pa Joad also buys two pieces of candy for his younger children, Ruthie and Winfield. The candy is priced at 5 cents a piece but the waitress, by now also showing pity towards the family, tells him they are two for a penny. Two truck drivers leave generous tips to cover the candy tab.

Answer: A crate fell on him

Tom was actually hit in the face with a club by a strike breaker at the ranch where the family was picking peaches. This was the scene where the preacher, Casey, was murdered. Tom received his injury during the same incident.

Answer: Fresno

As the family prepares to leave the government camp, Pa Joad announces, "All aboard for Fresno", where the family has gotten a job picking cotton. The movie ends here on a positive note but the book takes them to Fresno and beyond where more despair awaits the already suffering family.