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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. Today most of Route 66 is what?
(a) Closed.
(b) Renovated.
(c) Urbanized.
(d) Under water.

2. The trip from the Dust Bowl could take families anywhere from three weeks to how long?
(a) Two years.
(b) One year.
(c) Six weeks.
(d) Six months.

3. It was said that the farms in California were needing how many farm laborers during the period of the Dust Bowl?
(a) Millions.
(b) Thousands.
(c) Hundreds of thousands.
(d) Hundreds.

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

5. The meals of the Okies as they traveled west consisted mostly of potatoes and what?
(a) Soup.
(b) Bread.
(c) Bacon.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What half of Colorado was a part of the Dust Bowl?

2. What was Route 66 referred to by the Okies?

3. What often raced before the dust storms, warning the Okies they were on their way?

4. According to the ideas of the Okies, it was big news in California if someone died before the age of what?

5. What is the County Seat of Cimarron County?

(see the answer key)

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