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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was the official name of the Weedpatch Camp?
(a) F.D.R. Camp.
(b) Weedpatch Federal Camp.
(c) Arvin Federal Camp.
(d) Agriculture Emergency Camp.

4. The Okie squatter diet consisted largely of boiled cabbage and what?
(a) Corn bread.
(b) Bacon.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Squirel.

5. In 1936, the author writes that it had not rained more than a few drops in the Panhandle in how many years?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who amongst the Okies suffered the most according to the author?

2. Where was the man from who claimed in Chapter Two: Mother Road, "All you could hear was 'Going to Californ-I-A!'"?

3. People in California during the Dust Bowl period made the observation that there were more Okies than there were what?

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

5. The great winds of the Dust Bowl began in what year?

(see the answer key)

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