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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eight: Our School.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who headed the mob which burned down an Okie migrant camp near the Kern River in Chapter Five: Mr. Hart?
(a) The fire chief.
(b) The principal.
(c) The mayor.
(d) The sheriff.

3. Who showed his total support for Weedpatch School by enrolling his own children there?
(a) Rose Gilger.
(b) Jim McPherson.
(c) Pete Bancroft.
(d) Andrew McWilliams.

4. The starvation diets and unsanitary conditions of the Okie communities led to disease including tuberculosis, pneumonia and what?
(a) Dysentery.
(b) Gangrene.
(c) Syphillis.
(d) Cholera.

5. When there was enough rain, what crops did the Okies in the Panhandle grow?
(a) Tomatoes and corn.
(b) Corn and wheat.
(c) Wheat and rice.
(d) Cotton and tobacco.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who taught History and Math at the Weedpatch School?

2. Hart secured enough what to build a new school building in Chapter Six: Weedpatch School?

3. Who was hired as a music teacher and when he received a check for a year of services, he donated it back to the school?

4. The average migrant farmhand during the Dust Bowl period earned as little as how much per week?

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

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