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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 condition was caused by severe damage to the lungs by the inhalation of dust?
(a) Dust pneumonia.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Emphesema.
(d) Red pneumonia.

2. In what year does the author write it suddenly stopped raining in the Oklahoma Panhandle?
(a) 1928.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1929.

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

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

5. Where had Leo Hart gone to recover after his military service?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Arizona.
(c) Oklahoma.
(d) California.

Short Answer Questions

1. The average migrant farmhand during the Dust Bowl period earned as little as how much per week?

2. How many flat tires did the Masters family have in their first 50 miles headed west?

3. Californians claimed that the Okies were taking what from them during their influx?

4. The great winds of the Dust Bowl began in what year?

5. What did Leo Hart study in college after his military service?

(see the answer key)

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