Read the passage and answer. (1) After the 1929 stock market crash, the country plunged into an economic depression. (2) Farmers plowed under grasslands to plant wheat and earn more money. (3) They didn’t realize the plowed land would just blow away. (4) There was no soil, and there were no jobs. (5) About 200,000 people left the Plains states for California. (6) There were no jobs there. (7) Although California had nice weather and fertile soil, it was not the solution the migrants sought. Choose the correct way to rewrite sentence 7 by using a prepositional phrase. A. Although California had nice weather and fertile soil, it was not the land that offered the migrants a solution. B. Although California had nice weather and good soil, it was not the solution the migrants sought. C. Although California had nice weather and fertile soil for crops, it was not the solution the migrants sought. D. Although California had nice weather all the time and fertile soil, it was not the solution the migrants sought.

Use your knowledge of connotation and denotation to answer. The line numbers will help you find the words in the excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath. Choose the word that has the same connotation as the word fouled in lines 9–10. A. tangled B. stained C. dishonored D. contaminated

Which is the best coordinating conjunction to use to combine sentences 5 and 6 ?

A. And

C. $\mathrm{Or}$

B. For

D. Yet

Combine the two sentences using a coordinating conjunction.

They wanted potential allies to see the fire. They kept it burning constantly.

Use context in the excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath to answer about specialized vocabulary words. If the word carburet means “to combine or mix to increase available fuel energy,” the word carburetors in line 10 most likely refers to A. keys that operate a machine B. jumbles of automobile parts C. gas used to create power D. devices used in an engine

Answer about the selection. Which inference can you make about the migrant prople in this selection? A. They had lived in the area for a short time. B. They wanted to make trouble for the sheriffs. C. They were happy to move to the barns. D. They could get jobs if they wanted them.

Answer about the selection. What can you infer from the phrase “and the doctors were busy” in lines 39–40? A. The doctors were waiting for the coroner. B. The doctors refused to see the people. C. The townspeople were sick too. D. The doctors were on strike.

Answer about the selection. Which words help you follow the order of events in lines 48–50? A. sheriffs, deputies, people B. at first, then, finally C. new, comfortable, tight D. pity, distaste, hatred

Use your knowledge of connotation and denotation to answer. The line numbers will help you find the words in the excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath. Choose the word that has the same connotation as the word smolder in line 34. A. seethe B. exist C. explode D. boil

Answer about the selection. Which of the following can you infer about how the migrant people act as a group? A. They cooperate with each other in their struggle to survive. B. They try to become a part of the town’s social structure. C. They do whatever the government tells them to do. D. They rely on the women to keep the group together.

Use context in the excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath to answer about specialized vocabulary words. Which word in lines 16–19 gives the best clue to the meaning of relief? A. offices B. rules C. people D. help

Use your knowledge of connotation and denotation to answer. The line numbers will help you find the words in the excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath. What connotation does the word cringe have in line 32? A. shyness B. respect C. shame D. pride

Use your knowledge of connotation and denotation to answer. The line numbers will help you find the words in the excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath. What connotation does the word frantic have in line 39? A. tension B. confusion C. desperation D. nervousness

Use context in the excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath to answer about specialized vocabulary words. Which phrase in lines 9–12 gives the best clue to the meaning of shorted? A. old cars B. gray tents C. wouldn’t start D. engulfed the wheels