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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 farmers of the 1930s in the Oklahoma Panhandle were referred to as what kind of farmers?
(a) Tomato.
(b) Dirt.
(c) Dry.
(d) Wet.

2. It was said amongs the Okies that no one went hungry in California because what were everywhere there?
(a) Cattle.
(b) Livestock.
(c) Free hunting.
(d) Orchards.

3. One obstacle facing Mr. Hart was the fact that many of the Okie children were what?
(a) Illiterate.
(b) Spoiled.
(c) Undisciplined.
(d) Disabled.

4. The Tehachapi Mountains lead directly into what valley in California?
(a) Antelope Valley.
(b) Death Valley.
(c) San Joaquin Valley.
(d) Sacramento Valley.

5. Where did the roads begin climbing into the Black Mountains as the Okies traveled west?
(a) Whitney, California.
(b) Santa Fe, New Mexico.
(c) Kingman, Arizona.
(d) Anderson, Arizona.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did families often stop to pick cotton along their route west during the Dust Bowl?

3. The average migrant farmhand during the Dust Bowl period worked how many hours a day?

4. What is the County Seat of Cimarron County?

5. In what year did the Department of Agriculture began the construction of farm-labor camps for the Okies?

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