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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 starvation diets and unsanitary conditions of the Okie communities led to disease including tuberculosis, pneumonia and what?
(a) Syphillis.
(b) Dysentery.
(c) Cholera.
(d) Gangrene.

2. Frequently the wind in the Dust Bowl blew more than how many miles per hour?
(a) 25.
(b) 30.
(c) 50.
(d) 100.

3. It was said that the farms in California were needing how many farm laborers during the period of the Dust Bowl?
(a) Thousands.
(b) Hundreds of thousands.
(c) Millions.
(d) Hundreds.

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

5. The excess of farm workers arriving in California in the 1930s was good for the farmers because it did what?
(a) Drove wages up.
(b) Drove prices down.
(c) Drove wages down.
(d) Drove prices up.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was the first Texas town recalled by the Okies on their trek west?

4. The average migrant farmhand during the Dust Bowl period worked how many days per week?

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

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