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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What city in Kern County, California is located 31 miles north-northwest of Bakersfield?
(a) San Francisco, CA.
(b) Sacramento, CA.
(c) Delano, CA.
(d) Eureka, CA.

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

3. What popular Jack Bryant song did the Okie families sing as they made their way west?
(a) "Westward Ho."
(b) "Cally-Ho."
(c) "Okie Song."
(d) "Sunny Cal."

4. What did the headlines scream in California in Chapter Four?
(a) Okies were diseased.
(b) The West was Won.
(c) Okies were invading.
(d) California was sinking.

5. What half of Colorado was a part of the Dust Bowl?
(a) Western.
(b) Eastern.
(c) Southern.
(d) Northern.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1936, the author writes that it had not rained more than a few drops in the Panhandle in how many years?

2. What term refers to the sharp, nasal tone of the Okie dialect?

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

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

5. After the arrival of the Okies, cotton pickers in California were paid how much per hour?

(see the answer key)

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