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

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

3. The cost of a family to stay at the Weedpatch Camp was how much per week?
(a) $1.
(b) $3.
(c) $2.
(d) $5.

4. What city in Kern County, California is located 31 miles north-northwest of Bakersfield?
(a) Sacramento, CA.
(b) Delano, CA.
(c) San Francisco, CA.
(d) Eureka, CA.

5. The average migrant farmhand during the Dust Bowl period earned as little as how much per week?
(a) $3.
(b) $4.
(c) $10.
(d) $5.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was help supposedly needed on cotton and vegetable farms in California after the arrival of the Okies?

2. What was the official name of the Weedpatch Camp?

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

4. The average migrant farmhand during the Dust Bowl period worked how many hours a day?

5. What popular Jack Bryant song did the Okie families sing as they made their way west?

(see the answer key)

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