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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Nine: Sunset School and Afterword.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1936, the author writes that it had not rained more than a few drops in the Panhandle in how many years?
(a) 10.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

2. How did Horace Ray Conley describe the sky during the dust storms?
(a) Gray.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

3. Where were Okies allowed to sit in movie theaters during their discrimination in California?
(a) The back row.
(b) The front row.
(c) The basement.
(d) The balcony.

4. Who, in addition to teaching English, would teach plumbing, electric wiring, sports and aircraft mechanics at the Weedpatch School?
(a) Andrew McGivens.
(b) John Roberts.
(c) John Smithson.
(d) Lee Hanson.

5. When there was enough rain, what crops did the Okies in the Panhandle grow?
(a) Wheat and rice.
(b) Cotton and tobacco.
(c) Tomatoes and corn.
(d) Corn and wheat.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Tehachapi Mountains lead directly into what valley in California?

2. Of what branch of the military had Leo Hart been a member?

3. What couple is described as having loaded up their family in Hollis, Oklahoma, in 1938 to head west?

4. The migrant workers were increasing the state and county costs for what during the Dust Bowl period in California?

5. Walls at the Weedpatch School would collapse from what?

(see the answer key)

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