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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What division of the Department of Agriculture began the construction of farm-labor camps for the Okies?
(a) The Farm Security Administration.
(b) The Farm Equity Association.
(c) Department of Farm Security.
(d) Department of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.

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

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

4. Children of farmers in the Dust Bowl were often given the responsibility of cleaning what of dust several times a day?
(a) Cow's noses.
(b) Chicken coops.
(c) Horse stalls.
(d) Horse nostrils.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many flat tires did the Masters family have in their first 50 miles headed west?

2. What would people sleep with on their faces to protect themselves from the dust?

3. What were Okies identified with by stereotype?

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

5. From 1930 through 1940, the number of dust bowl farmers declined by how many?

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