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

2. Who headed the mob which burned down an Okie migrant camp near the Kern River in Chapter Five: Mr. Hart?
(a) The sheriff.
(b) The principal.
(c) The fire chief.
(d) The mayor.

3. What did Doyle Powers get as a reward for doing well on his math test in Chapter Eight: Our School?
(a) To go to the museum.
(b) To fly the plane.
(c) Money to build a farm.
(d) To taxi the plane.

4. The field trips and outings offered as rewards for scholastic achievement frequently included going where?
(a) Fishing.
(b) The museum.
(c) The planetarium.
(d) The zoo.

5. The migrant workers were increasing the state and county costs for what during the Dust Bowl period in California?
(a) Jobs.
(b) City officials.
(c) Police and fire attendants.
(d) Medical care and education.

Short Answer Questions

1. By May, 1941, the students at the Weedpatch School were separated into how many main groups?

2. By 1940, how many people had moved out of the Plains states due to the Dust Bowl?

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

4. In what year did the winds of the Dust Bowl finally subside?

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

(see the answer key)

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