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

2. How old was Leo Hart when he got in the habit of stopping by Weedpatch Camp to play ball with the Okie kids and talk to them?
(a) 30.
(b) 45.
(c) 50.
(d) 40.

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

4. How many members were in Rosalene Long's family?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

5. What did the Okie children refer to the dust storms they'd escaped from when telling about them in Chapter Five: Mr. Hart?
(a) Terror winds.
(b) Awful nights.
(c) Black clouds.
(d) Red storms.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What term refers to a small printed notice, advertisement, or announcement, usually for distribution by hand?

3. What did vandals do to the original buildings at the Weedpatch School?

4. Where were Okies allowed to sit in movie theaters during their discrimination in California?

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

(see the answer key)

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