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10. The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.
Part A In the excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath, what does the narrator think
will happen to the characters who buy his belongings?
a. They will suffer a similar fate.
b. They will regret their cheapness.
c. They will never use what they buy.
d. They will have better luck in life.
Part B Which of these passages from the excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath
best supports the answer to Part A?
a. Well, take it all junk-and give me five dollars. You're not buying only
junk, you're buying junked lives. And more you'll see-you're buying
bitterness.
b.
Now, what'll you give for the team and wagon? Those fine bays, matched
they are, matched in color, matched the way they walk, stride to stride.
c.
How much? Ten dollars? For both? And the wagon ... I'd shoot 'em for
dog feed first. Oh, take 'em! Take 'em quick, mister.
d.
We could have saved you, but you cut us down, and soon you will be cut
down and there'll be none of us to save you.