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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Six: Weedpatch School.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Horace Ray Conley from?
(a) Prairieville, OK.
(b) Foss, OK.
(c) Oklahoma City, OK.
(d) Tulsa, OK.

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 term refers to a small printed notice, advertisement, or announcement, usually for distribution by hand?
(a) Daily.
(b) Notebook.
(c) Manifesto.
(d) Handbill.

4. By 1940, how many people had moved out of the Plains states due to the Dust Bowl?
(a) 2.5 million.
(b) 1 million.
(c) .5 million.
(d) 1.5 million.

5. What is the County Seat of Texas County and largest city in the Oklahoma Panhandle?
(a) Guymon.
(b) Boise City.
(c) Tulsa.
(d) Oklahoma City.

Short Answer Questions

1. The farmers of the 1930s in the Oklahoma Panhandle were referred to as what kind of farmers?

2. The excess of farm workers arriving in California in the 1930s was good for the farmers because it did what?

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

4. Incidents of vandalism against the Okies' school included what dead animals left where the kids would find them?

5. What half of Colorado was a part of the Dust Bowl?

(see the answer key)

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