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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. What was the second northern Texas town passed by the Okies as they headed west?
(a) Amarillo.
(b) Shamrock.
(c) Dallas.
(d) Longhorn.

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

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

4. Where did families often stop to pick cotton along their route west during the Dust Bowl?
(a) New Mexico.
(b) Texas.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Arizona.

5. In what year did the Department of Agriculture began the construction of farm-labor camps for the Okies?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1938.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the squatter communities of the Okies come to be known as?

2. Where did the Okie families most often camp at night on their journey west?

3. What was Route 66 referred to by the Okies?

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

5. In what year does the author write it suddenly stopped raining in the Oklahoma Panhandle?

(see the answer key)

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