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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. Frequently the wind in the Dust Bowl blew more than how many miles per hour?
(a) 50.
(b) 25.
(c) 100.
(d) 30.

2. What were the mobs referred to as which attempted to scare away the Okies after Mr. Hart's election?
(a) Fire Mobs.
(b) Burn Brigades.
(c) Danger Mobs.
(d) Shelley Mobs.

3. Where was help supposedly needed on cotton and vegetable farms in California after the arrival of the Okies?
(a) Wasco and Shafter.
(b) Arvin and Lamont.
(c) Bakersfield and Sonoma.
(d) Sacramento and Arvin.

4. The kids at the Weedpatch School were given what responsibility?
(a) Attending college.
(b) Raising livestock.
(c) Cooking lunches.
(d) Attending Mass.

5. How many children were initially enrolled in the Weedpatch School?
(a) 40.
(b) 25.
(c) 35.
(d) 50.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1936, the author writes that it had not rained more than a few drops in the Panhandle in how many years?

2. Progress at the Weedpatch School was slow and sporadic because many of the children had little or no what?

3. Where did the roads begin climbing into the Black Mountains as the Okies traveled west?

4. Whose hog placed third in the county fair in Chapter Eight: Our School?

5. What was the official name of the Weedpatch School?

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