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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The excess of farm workers arriving in California in the 1930s was good for the farmers because it did what?
(a) Drove prices down.
(b) Drove wages up.
(c) Drove wages down.
(d) Drove prices up.

2. Where did Leo Hart enroll in college after his military service?
(a) University of Arizona.
(b) University of New York.
(c) University of California.
(d) University of Arkansas.

3. Where was help supposedly needed on cotton and vegetable farms in California after the arrival of the Okies?
(a) Sacramento and Arvin.
(b) Bakersfield and Sonoma.
(c) Wasco and Shafter.
(d) Arvin and Lamont.

4. What did Doyle Powers make on his math test in order to get a special reward in Chapter Eight: Our School?
(a) 92.
(b) 98.
(c) 100.
(d) 60.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was it rumored among the Okies that grape-pickers were needed when they arrived in California?

2. Who was the manager of the Weedpatch Camp?

3. After the arrival of the Okies, cotton pickers in California were paid how much per hour?

4. What couple is described as having loaded up their family in Hollis, Oklahoma, in 1938 to head west?

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

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