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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What often raced before the dust storms, warning the Okies they were on their way?
(a) Horses.
(b) Coyotes and rabbits.
(c) Birds and horses.
(d) Rabbits and birds.

2. The excess of farm workers arriving in California in the 1930s was good for the farmers because it did what?
(a) Drove prices down.
(b) Drove prices up.
(c) Drove wages up.
(d) Drove wages down.

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

4. When there was enough rain, what crops did the Okies in the Panhandle grow?
(a) Tomatoes and corn.
(b) Wheat and rice.
(c) Cotton and tobacco.
(d) Corn and wheat.

5. Where was help supposedly needed on cotton and vegetable farms in California after the arrival of the Okies?
(a) Wasco and Shafter.
(b) Sacramento and Arvin.
(c) Arvin and Lamont.
(d) Bakersfield and Sonoma.

Short Answer Questions

1. Many cruel farmers would pour what on surplus food or burn it rather than give it to the starving Okies?

2. The trip from the Dust Bowl could take families anywhere from three weeks to how long?

3. How many members were in Rosalene Long's family?

4. What is the highest peak of the Tehachapi Mountains?

5. What did the headlines scream in California in Chapter Four?

(see the answer key)

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