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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. It was said amongs the Okies that no one went hungry in California because what were everywhere there?
(a) Free hunting.
(b) Orchards.
(c) Livestock.
(d) Cattle.

2. The farmers of the 1930s in the Oklahoma Panhandle were referred to as what kind of farmers?
(a) Dirt.
(b) Dry.
(c) Wet.
(d) Tomato.

3. Who was President of the United States from 1933 to 1945?
(a) Teddy Roosevelt.
(b) Harry Truman.
(c) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(d) Jimmy Carter.

4. What half of Colorado was a part of the Dust Bowl?
(a) Eastern.
(b) Southern.
(c) Northern.
(d) Western.

5. What half of Kansas was a part of the Dust Bowl?
(a) Western.
(b) Northern.
(c) Eastern.
(d) Southern.

6. What is the County Seat of Cimarron County?
(a) Boise City.
(b) Prairieville.
(c) Tulsa.
(d) Oklahoma City.

7. Where did the roads begin climbing into the Black Mountains as the Okies traveled west?
(a) Anderson, Arizona.
(b) Kingman, Arizona.
(c) Santa Fe, New Mexico.
(d) Whitney, California.

8. What was the first Texas town recalled by the Okies on their trek west?
(a) Dallas.
(b) Amarillo.
(c) Longhorn.
(d) Shamrock.

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

10. How many members were in Rosalene Long's family?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

11. Many cruel farmers would pour what on surplus food or burn it rather than give it to the starving Okies?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Water.
(c) Dirt.
(d) Oil.

12. In what year did the winds of the Dust Bowl finally subside?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1940.

13. What city in Kern County, California is located 31 miles north-northwest of Bakersfield?
(a) Eureka, CA.
(b) Delano, CA.
(c) San Francisco, CA.
(d) Sacramento, CA.

14. Californians claimed that the Okies were taking what from them during their influx?
(a) Jobs.
(b) Money.
(c) Regulations.
(d) Homes.

15. The Tehachapi Mountains lead directly into what valley in California?
(a) Death Valley.
(b) San Joaquin Valley.
(c) Sacramento Valley.
(d) Antelope Valley.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Rosalene Long's family get caught in a flood as they headed west?

2. What was the first major town in New Mexico crossed by the Okies as they headed west?

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

4. Some California teachers segregated the Okie children and made them sit where?

5. Today most of Route 66 is what?

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