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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many families a week were losing their farms to the banks in the Panhandle in 1932?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 200.
(c) 500.
(d) 2,000.

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

4. In 1936, the author writes that it had not rained more than a few drops in the Panhandle in how many years?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

5. How many flat tires did the Masters family have in their first 50 miles headed west?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

Short Answer Questions

1. What couple is described as having loaded up their family in Hollis, Oklahoma, in 1938 to head west?

2. The excess of farm workers arriving in California in the 1930s was good for the farmers because it did what?

3. What is the highest peak of the Tehachapi Mountains?

4. What danger was in the air created by the wind in the dust storms?

5. After the arrival of the Okies, cotton pickers in California were paid how much per hour?

(see the answer key)

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