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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 man gave hope to the suffering Okie children in the end of Chapter Four?
(a) Andrew McCarthy.
(b) Ronald Reagan.
(c) Leo Hart.
(d) Harry Truman.

2. Once the Okies started arriving in the California towns, they found notices that there were how many men for every job there?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

3. How many children were initially enrolled in the Weedpatch School?
(a) 35.
(b) 40.
(c) 50.
(d) 25.

4. By 1940, how many people had moved out of the Plains states due to the Dust Bowl?
(a) .5 million.
(b) 1.5 million.
(c) 1 million.
(d) 2.5 million.

5. Who was the leader of his fellow students when three carloads of local high school boys drove onto the Weedpatch School grounds, harassing and threatening the Okie students?
(a) Bob Wilson.
(b) Doug Davidson.
(c) Eddie Davis.
(d) Jack Smith.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the arrival of the Okies, cotton pickers in California were paid how much per hour?

2. How many members were in Rosalene Long's family?

3. Who wrote The Grapes of Wrath?

4. Mr. Hart determined that Okie children were essentially what?

5. What is the County Seat of Cimarron County?

(see the answer key)

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