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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Seven: Something to Watch.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What division of the Department of Agriculture began the construction of farm-labor camps for the Okies?
(a) Department of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
(b) Department of Farm Security.
(c) The Farm Security Administration.
(d) The Farm Equity Association.

3. Who headed the mob which burned down an Okie migrant camp near the Kern River in Chapter Five: Mr. Hart?
(a) The sheriff.
(b) The principal.
(c) The mayor.
(d) The fire chief.

4. What book was banned from Kern County, California, in Chapter Five: Mr. Hart?
(a) The Grapes of Wrath.
(b) A Secret Rapture.
(c) To Have and Have Not.
(d) The Great Gatsby.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much did the airplane cost which was bought and donated to the Weedpatch School?

3. How old was Leo Hart when he got in the habit of stopping by Weedpatch Camp to play ball with the Okie kids and talk to them?

4. Many cruel farmers would pour what on surplus food or burn it rather than give it to the starving Okies?

5. Who at the Weedpatch School taught the kids shoe cobbling so they could repair their parents' shoes?

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