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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. The average migrant farmhand during the Dust Bowl period earned as little as how much per week?
(a) $4.
(b) $5.
(c) $3.
(d) $10.

2. The great winds of the Dust Bowl began in what year?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1936.

3. The kids at the Weedpatch School were given what responsibility?
(a) Cooking lunches.
(b) Raising livestock.
(c) Attending Mass.
(d) Attending college.

4. What is the highest peak of the Tehachapi Mountains?
(a) Mount Lyell.
(b) McKinley Mountain.
(c) Double Mountain.
(d) Mount Whitney.

5. Walls at the Weedpatch School would collapse from what?
(a) Rain.
(b) Sleet.
(c) Hail.
(d) Wind.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did the airplane cost which was bought and donated to the Weedpatch School?

2. Many items for the Weedpatch School were donated by whom?

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

4. Progress at the Weedpatch School was slow and sporadic because many of the children had little or no what?

5. What half of Kansas was a part of the Dust Bowl?

(see the answer key)

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