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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 what year did the winds of the Dust Bowl finally subside?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1939.

2. It was said amongs the Okies that no one went hungry in California because what were everywhere there?
(a) Orchards.
(b) Cattle.
(c) Free hunting.
(d) Livestock.

3. Many parents, after seeing their children improve at the Weedpatch School decided to do what?
(a) Pay taxes.
(b) Stay in Weedpatch.
(c) Move to San Francisco.
(d) Enroll in college.

4. What is the County Seat of Cimarron County?
(a) Tulsa.
(b) Oklahoma City.
(c) Prairieville.
(d) Boise City.

5. What couple is described as having loaded up their family in Hollis, Oklahoma, in 1938 to head west?
(a) The Andersons.
(b) The Rosses.
(c) The Smiths.
(d) The Masters.

Short Answer Questions

1. By when after the opening of the Weedpatch School had the kids helped to till the field next to the school?

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

3. What term refers to the sharp, nasal tone of the Okie dialect?

4. Where did the Okie families most often camp at night on their journey west?

5. Who helped Leo Hart build the Weedpatch School, piece by piece?

(see the answer key)

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