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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the man from who claimed in Chapter Two: Mother Road, "All you could hear was 'Going to Californ-I-A!'"?
(a) Oklahoma City, OK.
(b) Porum, OK.
(c) Prairieville, OK.
(d) Camden, OK.

2. Some California teachers segregated the Okie children and made them sit where?
(a) In the back.
(b) On the floor.
(c) By the girls.
(d) Outside.

3. More than how many Americans were left homeless due to the Dust Bowl?
(a) 1,000,000.
(b) 200,000.
(c) 3,000,000.
(d) 500,000.

4. What were Okies identified with by stereotype?
(a) Affected dialects.
(b) Expensive clothing.
(c) Nice cars.
(d) Ratty clothing.

5. Who amongst the Okies suffered the most according to the author?
(a) The men.
(b) The women.
(c) The elderly.
(d) The children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the roads begin climbing into the Black Mountains as the Okies traveled west?

2. It was said that the farms in California were needing how many farm laborers during the period of the Dust Bowl?

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

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

5. Who established the Soil Erosion Service in August 1933?

(see the answer key)

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