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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Two: Mother Road.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Rosalene Long's family get caught in a flood as they headed west?
(a) Santa Fe, New Mexico.
(b) Los Angeles, California.
(c) Phoenix, Arizona.
(d) Gallup, New Mexico.

2. In what year did the winds of the Dust Bowl finally subside?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1939.

3. What was the first major town in New Mexico crossed by the Okies as they headed west?
(a) Roswell.
(b) Santa Fe
(c) Tucumcari.
(d) Albuquerque.

4. Where did the roads begin climbing into the Black Mountains as the Okies traveled west?
(a) Whitney, California.
(b) Kingman, Arizona.
(c) Santa Fe, New Mexico.
(d) Anderson, Arizona.

5. Where was Horace Ray Conley from?
(a) Prairieville, OK.
(b) Tulsa, OK.
(c) Foss, OK.
(d) Oklahoma City, OK.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would people sleep with on their faces to protect themselves from the dust?

2. What popular Jack Bryant song did the Okie families sing as they made their way west?

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

4. When there was enough rain, what crops did the Okies in the Panhandle grow?

5. When had the Great Depression begun?

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