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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. Frequently the wind in the Dust Bowl blew more than how many miles per hour?
(a) 25.
(b) 50.
(c) 30.
(d) 100.

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

3. What was the first major town in New Mexico crossed by the Okies as they headed west?
(a) Tucumcari.
(b) Albuquerque.
(c) Santa Fe
(d) Roswell.

4. According to the ideas of the Okies, it was big news in California if someone died before the age of what?
(a) 75.
(b) 150.
(c) 100.
(d) 200.

5. What town did the Okies first cross through in California?
(a) Berkeley.
(b) Needles.
(c) Whitney.
(d) Sacramento.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the flatlands of the Panhandle, people could see the dust storms coming from up to how far away?

2. How many flat tires did the Masters family have in their first 50 miles headed west?

3. What is one of the insults described in the text which were used against Okie children?

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

5. Where was the man from who claimed in Chapter Two: Mother Road, "All you could hear was 'Going to Californ-I-A!'"?

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