Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

Jerry Stanley
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Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

Jerry Stanley
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Nine: Sunset School and Afterword.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the headlines scream in California in Chapter Four?
(a) Okies were diseased.
(b) Okies were invading.
(c) California was sinking.
(d) The West was Won.

2. In what California towns were farmhands needed to harvest potatoes according to rumors after the Okies arrived?
(a) Bakersfield and Sonoma.
(b) Wasco and Shafter.
(c) Sacramento and Lamont.
(d) Eureka and Arcata.

3. The trip from the Dust Bowl could take families anywhere from three weeks to how long?
(a) Six weeks.
(b) One year.
(c) Two years.
(d) Six months.

4. Where had Leo Hart gone to recover after his military service?
(a) California.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Oklahoma.
(d) Arizona.

5. Who was the leader of his fellow students when three carloads of local high school boys drove onto the Weedpatch School grounds, harassing and threatening the Okie students?
(a) Bob Wilson.
(b) Jack Smith.
(c) Eddie Davis.
(d) Doug Davidson.

Short Answer Questions

1. People in California during the Dust Bowl period made the observation that there were more Okies than there were what?

2. What were the federal buildings renovated into for the Weedpatch School?

3. Hot breakfasts at the Weedpatch School cost how much per day?

4. The kids at the Weedpatch School were fortunate in having their own what?

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

(see the answer key)

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