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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four:.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Californians claimed that the Okies were taking what from them during their influx?
(a) Jobs.
(b) Homes.
(c) Money.
(d) Regulations.

3. Today most of Route 66 is what?
(a) Renovated.
(b) Urbanized.
(c) Closed.
(d) Under water.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Route 66 referred to by the Okies?

2. From 1930 through 1940, the number of dust bowl farmers declined by how many?

3. Where did the Okie families most often camp at night on their journey west?

4. The starvation diets and unsanitary conditions of the Okie communities led to disease including tuberculosis, pneumonia and what?

5. The cost of a family to stay at the Weedpatch Camp was how much per week?

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