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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Three: Dead Time.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The average migrant farmhand during the Dust Bowl period worked how many days per week?
(a) 7.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

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

3. How many flat tires did the Masters family have in their first 50 miles headed west?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Six.
(d) Three.

4. What condition was caused by severe damage to the lungs by the inhalation of dust?
(a) Red pneumonia.
(b) Emphesema.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Dust pneumonia.

5. According to the ideas of the Okies, it was big news in California if someone died before the age of what?
(a) 100.
(b) 200.
(c) 75.
(d) 150.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the highest peak of the Tehachapi Mountains?

4. Many of the squatters in Okie communities lived in shacks made of what?

5. What town did the Okies first cross through in California?

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