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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. Who headed the mob which burned down an Okie migrant camp near the Kern River in Chapter Five: Mr. Hart?
(a) The principal.
(b) The fire chief.
(c) The sheriff.
(d) The mayor.

2. The Weedpatch School's population grew to how many students several years after its establishment?
(a) 100.
(b) 200.
(c) 400.
(d) 500.

3. What half of Kansas was a part of the Dust Bowl?
(a) Eastern.
(b) Northern.
(c) Western.
(d) Southern.

4. Where was Horace Ray Conley from?
(a) Foss, OK.
(b) Tulsa, OK.
(c) Oklahoma City, OK.
(d) Prairieville, OK.

5. The trip from the Dust Bowl to California was nearly how many miles?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 4,000.
(d) 3,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. The starvation diets and unsanitary conditions of the Okie communities led to disease including tuberculosis, pneumonia and what?

2. What city was the Dust Bowl centered near?

3. In what year were all but one of the original buildings of the Weedpatch School destroyed in an earthquake?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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