Grapes of Wrath

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