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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what California towns were farmhands needed to harvest potatoes according to rumors after the Okies arrived?
(a) Eureka and Arcata.
(b) Sacramento and Lamont.
(c) Bakersfield and Sonoma.
(d) Wasco and Shafter.

3. What is the County Seat of Cimarron County?
(a) Tulsa.
(b) Prairieville.
(c) Boise City.
(d) Oklahoma City.

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

5. Where did Rosalene Long's family get caught in a flood as they headed west?
(a) Gallup, New Mexico.
(b) Los Angeles, California.
(c) Phoenix, Arizona.
(d) Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. The excess of farm workers arriving in California in the 1930s was good for the farmers because it did what?

2. What city was the Dust Bowl centered near?

3. In what year did the winds of the Dust Bowl finally subside?

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

5. What half of Colorado was a part of the Dust Bowl?

(see the answer key)

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