View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Three: Dead Time.

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. What city was the Dust Bowl centered near?
(a) Hooker, OK.
(b) Tuscon, OK.
(c) Beaver, OK.
(d) Goodwell, OK.

3. What was the official name of the Weedpatch Camp?
(a) Arvin Federal Camp.
(b) Weedpatch Federal Camp.
(c) F.D.R. Camp.
(d) Agriculture Emergency Camp.

4. The trip from the Dust Bowl to California was nearly how many miles?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 4,000.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 3,000.

5. What couple is described as having loaded up their family in Hollis, Oklahoma, in 1938 to head west?
(a) The Masters.
(b) The Andersons.
(c) The Rosses.
(d) The Smiths.

Short Answer Questions

1. Many of the squatters in Okie communities lived in shacks made of what?

2. How many members were in Rosalene Long's family?

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

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

5. What half of Kansas was a part of the Dust Bowl?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 169 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample