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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. After the arrival of the Okies, cotton pickers in California were paid how much per hour?
(a) 5 cents.
(b) 50 cents.
(c) 25 cents.
(d) 10 cents.

2. Once the Okies started arriving in the California towns, they found notices that there were how many men for every job there?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

3. Who bought an airplane from a military surplus facility for the Weedpatch School?
(a) Andrew McWilliams.
(b) Mark Allen White.
(c) Jim McPherson.
(d) Pete Bancroft.

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

5. The new building of the Weedpatch School contained classrooms and what?
(a) A stable.
(b) A cafeteria.
(c) A garden.
(d) A dormitory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book was banned from Kern County, California, in Chapter Five: Mr. Hart?

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

3. What disease had Leo Hart contracted during his military service?

4. Where was help supposedly needed on cotton and vegetable farms in California after the arrival of the Okies?

5. Leo Hart became a school counselor in what county following his education?

(see the answer key)

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