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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 would people sleep with on their faces to protect themselves from the dust?
(a) Wet rags.
(b) Blankets.
(c) Pillow cases.
(d) Face masks.

2. When had the Great Depression begun?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1925.

3. In what war had Leo Hart recently served upon meeting the Okie children?
(a) The Korean War.
(b) The Civil War.
(c) World War II.
(d) World War I.

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

5. In 1936, the author writes that it had not rained more than a few drops in the Panhandle in how many years?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1935, the federal government formed what service to coordinate relief activities in the Dust Bowl?

2. To survive the Dust Bowl, many farmers relied on a diet of what and biscuits?

3. When there was enough rain, what crops did the Okies in the Panhandle grow?

4. How old was Rosalene Long when her family left Stuart, Oklahoma?

5. What word to the Okies represented a magical place with better lives?

(see the answer key)

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