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

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

3. How many members were in Rosalene Long's family?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Six.
(d) Five.

4. In 1936, the author writes that it had not rained more than a few drops in the Panhandle in how many years?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 10.
(d) 2.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. It was said that the farms in California were needing how many farm laborers during the period of the Dust Bowl?

2. Children of farmers in the Dust Bowl were often given the responsibility of cleaning what of dust several times a day?

3. Where did Rosalene Long's family get caught in a flood as they headed west?

4. In the flatlands of the Panhandle, people could see the dust storms coming from up to how far away?

5. What was the second northern Texas town passed by the Okies as they headed west?

(see the answer key)

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