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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. People in California during the Dust Bowl period made the observation that there were more Okies than there were what?
(a) Trees.
(b) Animals.
(c) Plants.
(d) White people.

2. The great winds of the Dust Bowl began in what year?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1929.

3. What town did the Okies first cross through in California?
(a) Sacramento.
(b) Needles.
(c) Whitney.
(d) Berkeley.

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

5. In what year does the author write it suddenly stopped raining in the Oklahoma Panhandle?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1928.
(d) 1934.

Short Answer Questions

1. What condition was caused by severe damage to the lungs by the inhalation of dust?

2. Once the Okies started arriving in the California towns, they found notices that there were how many men for every job there?

3. Who amongst the Okies suffered the most according to the author?

4. Some California teachers segregated the Okie children and made them sit where?

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

(see the answer key)

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