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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. What is the County Seat of Texas County and largest city in the Oklahoma Panhandle?
(a) Tulsa.
(b) Boise City.
(c) Oklahoma City.
(d) Guymon.

2. In the flatlands of the Panhandle, people could see the dust storms coming from up to how far away?
(a) 20 miles.
(b) 30 miles.
(c) 10 miles.
(d) 40 miles.

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

4. What was the official name of the Weedpatch Camp?
(a) F.D.R. Camp.
(b) Weedpatch Federal Camp.
(c) Agriculture Emergency Camp.
(d) Arvin Federal Camp.

5. What did vandals do to harass the teachers of the Weedpatch School?
(a) Released chickens.
(b) Broke their windows.
(c) Slashed their tires.
(d) Sent death threats.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What couple is described as having loaded up their family in Hollis, Oklahoma, in 1938 to head west?

4. How many families a week were losing their farms to the banks in the Panhandle in 1932?

5. The great winds of the Dust Bowl began in what year?

(see the answer key)

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