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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. What condition was caused by severe damage to the lungs by the inhalation of dust?
(a) Red pneumonia.
(b) Dust pneumonia.
(c) Emphesema.
(d) Tuberculosis.

2. The excess of farm workers arriving in California in the 1930s was good for the farmers because it did what?
(a) Drove wages up.
(b) Drove prices up.
(c) Drove wages down.
(d) Drove prices down.

3. What office did Leo Hart decide to run for in Chapter Five: Mr. Hart?
(a) Mendocino County Sheriff.
(b) Kern County Principal.
(c) Kern County Superintendent of Education.
(d) Sacramento County Superintendent of Education.

4. What would people sleep with on their faces to protect themselves from the dust?
(a) Wet rags.
(b) Pillow cases.
(c) Blankets.
(d) Face masks.

5. How old was Rosalene Long when her family left Stuart, Oklahoma?
(a) Six.
(b) Nine.
(c) Three.
(d) Twelve.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far does the Tehachapi Mountain Range extend?

2. By May, 1941, the student body population at the Weedpatch School had increased to nearly how many students?

3. Where was the man from who claimed in Chapter Two: Mother Road, "All you could hear was 'Going to Californ-I-A!'"?

4. The trip from the Dust Bowl could take families anywhere from three weeks to how long?

5. What term refers to the sharp, nasal tone of the Okie dialect?

(see the answer key)

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