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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. Where was it rumored among the Okies that grape-pickers were needed when they arrived in California?
(a) Bakersfield.
(b) Sonoma.
(c) Sacramento.
(d) Eureka.

2. Many of the squatters in Okie communities lived in shacks made of what?
(a) Tires.
(b) Clay.
(c) Cardboard.
(d) Chicken sheds.

3. Mr. Hart determined that Okie children were essentially what?
(a) Ordinary.
(b) Extraordinary.
(c) Handicapped.
(d) Slow.

4. Where were Okies allowed to sit in movie theaters during their discrimination in California?
(a) The basement.
(b) The balcony.
(c) The front row.
(d) The back row.

5. People in California during the Dust Bowl period made the observation that there were more Okies than there were what?
(a) White people.
(b) Trees.
(c) Animals.
(d) Plants.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was President of the United States from 1933 to 1945?

2. To survive the Dust Bowl, many farmers relied on a diet of what and biscuits?

3. In 1935, the federal government formed what service to coordinate relief activities in the Dust Bowl?

4. Who wrote The Grapes of Wrath?

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

(see the answer key)

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