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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The trip from the Dust Bowl could take families anywhere from three weeks to how long?
(a) One year.
(b) Two years.
(c) Six weeks.
(d) Six months.

2. How many farm labor camps for the Okies were built by the Department of Agriculture during the Dust Bowl period?
(a) 12.
(b) 15.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

3. The trip from the Dust Bowl to California was nearly how many miles?
(a) 4,000.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 3,000.

4. Many cruel farmers would pour what on surplus food or burn it rather than give it to the starving Okies?
(a) Dirt.
(b) Oil.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Water.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Rosalene Long when her family left Stuart, Oklahoma?

2. The excess of farm workers arriving in California in the 1930s was good for the farmers because it did what?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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