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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Five: Mr. Hart.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The average migrant farmhand during the Dust Bowl period worked how many hours a day?
(a) 20.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.

2. What was Route 66 referred to by the Okies?
(a) Mother Road.
(b) Coyote Road.
(c) Bear Road.
(d) Devil Road.

3. It was said that the farms in California were needing how many farm laborers during the period of the Dust Bowl?
(a) Hundreds.
(b) Thousands.
(c) Hundreds of thousands.
(d) Millions.

4. What term refers to the sharp, nasal tone of the Okie dialect?
(a) Waddle.
(b) Mumbo.
(c) Twang.
(d) Twiddle.

5. When had the Great Depression begun?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1925.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Where did Leo Hart enroll in college after his military service?

3. What popular Jack Bryant song did the Okie families sing as they made their way west?

4. From 1930 through 1940, the number of dust bowl farmers declined by how many?

5. Where was Horace Ray Conley from?

(see the answer key)

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