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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1935, the federal government formed what service to coordinate relief activities in the Dust Bowl?
(a) Roosevelt Relief Service.
(b) Federal Relief Service.
(c) Oklahoma Relief Service.
(d) Drought Relief Service.

2. How much money did the Weedpatch School gain from community taxes?
(a) $5,000.
(b) $1,000.
(c) $500.
(d) Zero.

3. Who established the Soil Erosion Service in August 1933?
(a) Jimmy Carter.
(b) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(c) Harry Truman.
(d) Harold L. Ickes.

4. How old was Rosalene Long when her family left Stuart, Oklahoma?
(a) Nine.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) Twelve.

5. Mr. Hart leased the land next to the Weedpatch Camp for how much money?
(a) $40.
(b) $1.
(c) $10.
(d) $30.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does the author write it suddenly stopped raining in the Oklahoma Panhandle?

2. The field trips and outings offered as rewards for scholastic achievement frequently included going where?

3. Of what branch of the military had Leo Hart been a member?

4. What book was banned from Kern County, California, in Chapter Five: Mr. Hart?

5. What were the squatter communities of the Okies come to be known as?

(see the answer key)

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