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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Three: Dead Time.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the ideas of the Okies, it was big news in California if someone died before the age of what?
(a) 75.
(b) 100.
(c) 200.
(d) 150.

2. What popular Jack Bryant song did the Okie families sing as they made their way west?
(a) "Okie Song."
(b) "Sunny Cal."
(c) "Cally-Ho."
(d) "Westward Ho."

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

4. What danger was in the air created by the wind in the dust storms?
(a) Static electricity.
(b) Hail.
(c) Chemicals.
(d) Snow.

5. What city was the Dust Bowl centered near?
(a) Beaver, OK.
(b) Tuscon, OK.
(c) Goodwell, OK.
(d) Hooker, OK.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did families often stop to pick cotton along their route west during the Dust Bowl?

2. What condition was caused by severe damage to the lungs by the inhalation of dust?

3. Many cruel farmers would pour what on surplus food or burn it rather than give it to the starving Okies?

4. How many families a week were losing their farms to the banks in the Panhandle in 1932?

5. Where was the man from who claimed in Chapter Two: Mother Road, "All you could hear was 'Going to Californ-I-A!'"?

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