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

2. What was the second northern Texas town passed by the Okies as they headed west?
(a) Amarillo.
(b) Dallas.
(c) Longhorn.
(d) Shamrock.

3. Who at the Weedpatch School taught the kids science and sewing so they could make more attractive and better fitting clothes for themselves?
(a) Mark Allen White.
(b) Edna Gildner.
(c) Rose Gilger.
(d) James Harris.

4. What did the headlines scream in California in Chapter Four?
(a) Okies were diseased.
(b) The West was Won.
(c) California was sinking.
(d) Okies were invading.

5. Whose hog placed third in the county fair in Chapter Eight: Our School?
(a) Tenaya Jones'.
(b) Andrew Ross'.
(c) Mark Skawinski's.
(d) Eddie Davis'.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the roads begin climbing into the Black Mountains as the Okies traveled west?

2. How many acres of land next to the Weedpatch Camp was Mr. Hart allowed to lease for his school?

3. Leo Hart became a school counselor in what county following his education?

4. What is another term which referred to the dust storms during the Dust Bowl?

5. What happened to many of the Okies who defended their honor against prejudice?

(see the answer key)

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