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

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

3. Where did families often stop to pick cotton along their route west during the Dust Bowl?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) Arizona.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) Texas.

4. To survive the Dust Bowl, many farmers relied on a diet of what and biscuits?
(a) Coyote.
(b) Squirrels.
(c) Jackrabbits.
(d) Turkey.

5. What danger was in the air created by the wind in the dust storms?
(a) Static electricity.
(b) Hail.
(c) Snow.
(d) Chemicals.

Short Answer Questions

1. The farmers of the 1930s in the Oklahoma Panhandle were referred to as what kind of farmers?

2. What is the County Seat of Cimarron County?

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

4. From 1930 through 1940, the number of dust bowl farmers declined by how many?

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

(see the answer key)

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