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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What condition was caused by severe damage to the lungs by the inhalation of dust?
(a) Dust pneumonia.
(b) Red pneumonia.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Emphesema.

2. The Tehachapi Mountains lead directly into what valley in California?
(a) Sacramento Valley.
(b) San Joaquin Valley.
(c) Death Valley.
(d) Antelope Valley.

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

4. What is the highest peak of the Tehachapi Mountains?
(a) Mount Lyell.
(b) Double Mountain.
(c) Mount Whitney.
(d) McKinley Mountain.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the County Seat of Cimarron County?

2. In the flatlands of the Panhandle, people could see the dust storms coming from up to how far away?

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

4. More than how many Americans were left homeless due to the Dust Bowl?

5. To survive the Dust Bowl, many farmers relied on a diet of what and biscuits?

(see the answer key)

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