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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four:.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the official name of the Weedpatch Camp?
(a) Agriculture Emergency Camp.
(b) Weedpatch Federal Camp.
(c) Arvin Federal Camp.
(d) F.D.R. Camp.

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

4. What is another term which referred to the dust storms during the Dust Bowl?
(a) Black Storms.
(b) Terror Blizzards.
(c) Red Storms.
(d) Black Blizzards.

5. Many of the squatters in Okie communities lived in shacks made of what?
(a) Cardboard.
(b) Tires.
(c) Chicken sheds.
(d) Clay.

Short Answer Questions

1. The migrant workers were increasing the state and county costs for what during the Dust Bowl period in California?

2. Californians claimed that the Okies were taking what from them during their influx?

3. Where was Horace Ray Conley from?

4. The Tehachapi Mountains lead directly into what valley in California?

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

(see the answer key)

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