Grapes of Wrath
Across
- 3. The institution that begins foreclosing on the Joads’ farm.
- 5. The fine powder that covers the Oklahoma fields.
- 6. The road the family follows on the journey to California.
- 10. The mass movement of displaced farmers during the 1930s.
- 11. Second word of the title, hinting at the coming anger.
- 12. The president whose policies are blamed for the hardship.
- 13. The former preacher who travels with the Joads.
- 14. The California county where the Joads hope to find work.
- 17. The type of farmer the Joads become after leaving Oklahoma.
- 19. The animal Tom Joad rides when he first returns home.
Down
- 1. Surname of the migrant family at the start of the novel.
- 2. Common nickname for the Dust‑Bowl refugees moving west.
- 4. Shanty towns that spring up around the camps.
- 5. The ecological disaster that forces families westward.
- 7. The eldest Joad son who has just been released from prison.
- 8. The large estates that the migrants hope to work for in California.
- 9. The name of the Joad mother (often called “Ma”).
- 15. The matriarch who keeps the family together.
- 16. First word of the novel’s title, symbolising the harvest.
- 18. The father who loses the farm to the bank.