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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. What is the County Seat of Cimarron County?
(a) Oklahoma City.
(b) Boise City.
(c) Prairieville.
(d) Tulsa.

2. What did vandals do to harass the teachers of the Weedpatch School?
(a) Released chickens.
(b) Slashed their tires.
(c) Broke their windows.
(d) Sent death threats.

3. What was the President of the School Board's reaction when Hart informed him he was removing the Okie children from the public schools?
(a) Anger.
(b) Rage.
(c) Glee.
(d) Jealousy.

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

5. What division of the Department of Agriculture began the construction of farm-labor camps for the Okies?
(a) The Farm Security Administration.
(b) The Farm Equity Association.
(c) Department of Farm Security.
(d) Department of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term refers to a small printed notice, advertisement, or announcement, usually for distribution by hand?

2. When the Weedpatch School made money on its potato crop, some of the money was used to take over one hundred students where?

3. The kids at the Weedpatch School were given what responsibility?

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

5. Some California teachers segregated the Okie children and made them sit where?

(see the answer key)

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