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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Six: Weedpatch School.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The hot summer before the school was to open, the Okie kids spent morning to night where?
(a) The industry mill.
(b) The cotton fields.
(c) The corn fields.
(d) The canning factory.

2. From 1930 through 1940, the number of dust bowl farmers declined by how many?
(a) 300,000.
(b) 200,000.
(c) 400,000.
(d) 100,000.

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

4. In what California towns were farmhands needed to harvest potatoes according to rumors after the Okies arrived?
(a) Bakersfield and Sonoma.
(b) Eureka and Arcata.
(c) Wasco and Shafter.
(d) Sacramento and Lamont.

5. What was Route 66 referred to by the Okies?
(a) Mother Road.
(b) Coyote Road.
(c) Devil Road.
(d) Bear Road.

Short Answer Questions

1. It was said that the farms in California were needing how many farm laborers during the period of the Dust Bowl?

2. What was the first major town in New Mexico crossed by the Okies as they headed west?

3. What division of the Department of Agriculture began the construction of farm-labor camps for the Okies?

4. What was the official name of the Weedpatch School?

5. What popular Jack Bryant song did the Okie families sing as they made their way west?

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