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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is another term which referred to the dust storms during the Dust Bowl?
(a) Black Storms.
(b) Red Storms.
(c) Black Blizzards.
(d) Terror Blizzards.

2. Where did the Okie families most often camp at night on their journey west?
(a) By highways.
(b) By towns.
(c) By streams.
(d) By churches.

3. In 1935, the federal government formed what service to coordinate relief activities in the Dust Bowl?
(a) Federal Relief Service.
(b) Oklahoma Relief Service.
(c) Roosevelt Relief Service.
(d) Drought Relief Service.

4. What were the squatter communities of the Okies come to be known as?
(a) Shantilands.
(b) Slumlands.
(c) Okieshanties.
(d) Okievilles.

5. After the arrival of the Okies, cotton pickers in California were paid how much per hour?
(a) 5 cents.
(b) 25 cents.
(c) 50 cents.
(d) 10 cents.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was it rumored among the Okies that grape-pickers were needed when they arrived in California?

2. What word to the Okies represented a magical place with better lives?

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

4. What condition was caused by severe damage to the lungs by the inhalation of dust?

5. According to the ideas of the Okies, it was big news in California if someone died before the age of what?

(see the answer key)

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