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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) Eureka, CA.
(b) San Francisco, CA.
(c) Delano, CA.
(d) Sacramento, CA.

2. What was the first Texas town recalled by the Okies on their trek west?
(a) Amarillo.
(b) Shamrock.
(c) Dallas.
(d) Longhorn.

3. How far does the Tehachapi Mountain Range extend?
(a) 100 miles.
(b) 25 miles.
(c) 50 miles.
(d) 40 miles.

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

5. Where did families often stop to pick cotton along their route west during the Dust Bowl?
(a) Texas.
(b) New Mexico.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Arizona.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the ideas of the Okies, it was big news in California if someone died before the age of what?

2. The farmers of the 1930s in the Oklahoma Panhandle were referred to as what kind of farmers?

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

4. The trip from the Dust Bowl to California was nearly how many miles?

5. Californians claimed that the Okies were taking what from them during their influx?

(see the answer key)

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