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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four:.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The meals of the Okies as they traveled west consisted mostly of potatoes and what?
(a) Water.
(b) Bread.
(c) Soup.
(d) Bacon.
2. What half of Colorado was a part of the Dust Bowl?
(a) Southern.
(b) Western.
(c) Eastern.
(d) Northern.
3. Where were Okies allowed to sit in movie theaters during their discrimination in California?
(a) The back row.
(b) The front row.
(c) The basement.
(d) The balcony.
4. By 1940, how many people had moved out of the Plains states due to the Dust Bowl?
(a) 2.5 million.
(b) 1.5 million.
(c) .5 million.
(d) 1 million.
5. More than how many Americans were left homeless due to the Dust Bowl?
(a) 200,000.
(b) 3,000,000.
(c) 1,000,000.
(d) 500,000.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is one of the insults described in the text which were used against Okie children?
2. Where did the Okie families most often camp at night on their journey west?
3. The great winds of the Dust Bowl began in what year?
4. Today most of Route 66 is what?
5. What were the squatter communities of the Okies come to be known as?
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