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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. Where did Rosalene Long's family get caught in a flood as they headed west?
(a) Los Angeles, California.
(b) Santa Fe, New Mexico.
(c) Gallup, New Mexico.
(d) Phoenix, Arizona.

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

3. The migrant workers were increasing the state and county costs for what during the Dust Bowl period in California?
(a) Police and fire attendants.
(b) Medical care and education.
(c) City officials.
(d) Jobs.

4. Whose hog placed third in the county fair in Chapter Eight: Our School?
(a) Eddie Davis'.
(b) Mark Skawinski's.
(c) Andrew Ross'.
(d) Tenaya Jones'.

5. Leo Hart became a school counselor in what county following his education?
(a) Mendocino County.
(b) Humboldt County.
(c) Sacramento County.
(d) Kern County.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Rosalene Long when her family left Stuart, Oklahoma?

2. What division of the Department of Agriculture began the construction of farm-labor camps for the Okies?

3. By May, 1941, the students at the Weedpatch School were separated into how many main groups?

4. The Okie squatter diet consisted largely of boiled cabbage and what?

5. When there was enough rain, what crops did the Okies in the Panhandle grow?

(see the answer key)

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