Read the following passage from The Grapes of Wrath:The little farmers watched debt creep up on them like the tide. They sprayed the trees and sold no crop, they pruned and grafted and could not pick the crop.Which statement best describes the tone of this passage?A.The author feels frustrated for the farmers.

Read this excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath:The movement changed them; the highways, the camps along the road, the fear of hunger and the hunger itself, changed them. The children without dinner changed them, the endless moving changed them.Which best describes the tone of this excerpt?A.SympatheticB.HopefulC.UncaringD.Syntactical

Which sentence best explains the significance of the novel's title, The Grapes of Wrath?A.When the migrants drink the bad wine they made, they get angry.B.Steinbeck lived on a winery of the same name in California.C.In the last chapter, the personified grapes show their fury for not being picked.

PART A: Which statement best expresses the central idea of the text?A. While Steinbeck doesn't agree with the treatment of migrant workers, he understands that treating them unfairly is necessary to support America's agriculture industry.B. Despite the hostility toward migrant workers and their difficult life experiences, their work is essential to the success of the nation's agriculture industry.C. Migrant workers are often taken advantage of during harvests, because they don't know that they have a right to better conditions and pay.D. While America understands that it abuses the labor of migrant workers, the nation appreciates the sacrifices workers make to support the agriculture industry.

Read this excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath:The driver munched the branded pie and threw the crust away. "Times are changed, don't you know? Thinking about stuff like that don't feed the kids. Get your three dollars a day, feed your kids. You got no call to worry about anybody's kids but your own. You get a reputation for talking like that, and you'll never get three dollars a day."Which word best describes the tone of this excerpt?A.SympatheticB.EnthusiasticC.Disgusted

Read this excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath:The driver munched the branded pie and threw the crust away. "Times are changed, don't you know? Thinking about stuff like that don't feed the kids. Get your three dollars a day, feed your kids. You got no call to worry about anybody's kids but your own. You get a reputation for talking like that, and you'll never get three dollars a day."Which word best describes the tone of this excerpt?A.SympatheticB.Enthusiastic