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

2. What is the highest peak of the Tehachapi Mountains?
(a) Mount Lyell.
(b) Double Mountain.
(c) Mount Whitney.
(d) McKinley Mountain.

3. What popular Jack Bryant song did the Okie families sing as they made their way west?
(a) "Cally-Ho."
(b) "Okie Song."
(c) "Sunny Cal."
(d) "Westward Ho."

4. In what war had Leo Hart recently served upon meeting the Okie children?
(a) The Civil War.
(b) World War II.
(c) The Korean War.
(d) World War I.

5. How many farm labor camps for the Okies were built by the Department of Agriculture during the Dust Bowl period?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 15.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. The trip from the Dust Bowl to California was nearly how many miles?

2. What was the official name of the Weedpatch School?

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

4. Where had Leo Hart gone to recover after his military service?

5. Where did the roads begin climbing into the Black Mountains as the Okies traveled west?

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