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

2. What division of the Department of Agriculture began the construction of farm-labor camps for the Okies?
(a) The Farm Equity Association.
(b) Department of Farm Security.
(c) The Farm Security Administration.
(d) Department of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.

3. How did Okie parents feel about the transformation of their children at the Weedpatch School?
(a) Disappointed.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Thrilled.
(d) Horrified.

4. From 1930 through 1940, the number of dust bowl farmers declined by how many?
(a) 400,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 300,000.
(d) 200,000.

5. What student at the Weedpatch School lost her father to lung disease?
(a) Joyce Foster.
(b) Christina Parker.
(c) Sally Anderson.
(d) Sarah Jane.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Tehachapi Mountains lead directly into what valley in California?

2. Mr. Hart determined that Okie children were essentially what?

3. What is another term which referred to the dust storms during the Dust Bowl?

4. How old was Leo Hart when he got in the habit of stopping by Weedpatch Camp to play ball with the Okie kids and talk to them?

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

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