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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. What couple is described as having loaded up their family in Hollis, Oklahoma, in 1938 to head west?
(a) The Andersons.
(b) The Rosses.
(c) The Masters.
(d) The Smiths.

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

3. What was the first Texas town recalled by the Okies on their trek west?
(a) Dallas.
(b) Shamrock.
(c) Amarillo.
(d) Longhorn.

4. What town did the Okies first cross through in California?
(a) Needles.
(b) Sacramento.
(c) Whitney.
(d) Berkeley.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did families often stop to pick cotton along their route west during the Dust Bowl?

3. In what year did the winds of the Dust Bowl finally subside?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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