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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Five: Mr. Hart.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From 1930 through 1940, the number of dust bowl farmers declined by how many?
(a) 200,000.
(b) 400,000.
(c) 300,000.
(d) 100,000.

2. One obstacle facing Mr. Hart was the fact that many of the Okie children were what?
(a) Spoiled.
(b) Illiterate.
(c) Undisciplined.
(d) Disabled.

3. It was said amongs the Okies that no one went hungry in California because what were everywhere there?
(a) Orchards.
(b) Livestock.
(c) Free hunting.
(d) Cattle.

4. Once the Okies started arriving in the California towns, they found notices that there were how many men for every job there?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

5. What often raced before the dust storms, warning the Okies they were on their way?
(a) Coyotes and rabbits.
(b) Horses.
(c) Birds and horses.
(d) Rabbits and birds.

Short Answer Questions

1. When had the Great Depression begun?

2. Children of farmers in the Dust Bowl were often given the responsibility of cleaning what of dust several times a day?

3. What is the County Seat of Cimarron County?

4. What was the second northern Texas town passed by the Okies as they headed west?

5. What did the Okie children refer to the dust storms they'd escaped from when telling about them in Chapter Five: Mr. Hart?

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