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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. It was said amongs the Okies that no one went hungry in California because what were everywhere there?
(a) Livestock.
(b) Cattle.
(c) Free hunting.
(d) Orchards.

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

3. The great winds of the Dust Bowl began in what year?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1942.

4. What often raced before the dust storms, warning the Okies they were on their way?
(a) Horses.
(b) Birds and horses.
(c) Rabbits and birds.
(d) Coyotes and rabbits.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Horace Ray Conley describe the sky during the dust storms?

3. Where was Horace Ray Conley from?

4. The trip from the Dust Bowl to California was nearly how many miles?

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

(see the answer key)

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