The Joads were living with which relative at the start?

The Joads were living with which relative at the start?

• A. Uncle John
• B. Ma Joad
• C. Jim Casy
• D. Tom Joad

Answer: (A)

At the start the story sets up the Joads living with a relative, showing how extended family members lean on each other during hard times. Tom Joad returns from prison and goes to his family’s farm, where he finds Ma Joad’s brother, Uncle John, living with them. This establishes that they’re staying with a relative rather than being on their own. Ma Joad is the mother of the family, not someone living with them as a relative. Jim Casy is a friend and former preacher who travels with or stays with the family briefly, but he is not a relative. Tom Joad is part of the family, not a separate relative they’re living with at the outset.

At the start the story sets up the Joads living with a relative, showing how extended family members lean on each other during hard times. Tom Joad returns from prison and goes to his family’s farm, where he finds Ma Joad’s brother, Uncle John, living with them. This establishes that they’re staying with a relative rather than being on their own.

Ma Joad is the mother of the family, not someone living with them as a relative. Jim Casy is a friend and former preacher who travels with or stays with the family briefly, but he is not a relative. Tom Joad is part of the family, not a separate relative they’re living with at the outset.