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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 the roads begin climbing into the Black Mountains as the Okies traveled west?
(a) Anderson, Arizona.
(b) Santa Fe, New Mexico.
(c) Kingman, Arizona.
(d) Whitney, California.

2. What student at the Weedpatch School lost her father to lung disease?
(a) Sally Anderson.
(b) Christina Parker.
(c) Joyce Foster.
(d) Sarah Jane.

3. What kind of school was Mr. Hart permitted to build for the Okie children?
(a) Emergency.
(b) Gifted.
(c) Tactile.
(d) Charter.

4. Tommy Ross and what other Weedpatch student went on to own constructions companies in Hawaii and California?
(a) Michael Anders.
(b) James Peel.
(c) Peter Jackson.
(d) Bill Johnson.

5. In what California towns were farmhands needed to harvest potatoes according to rumors after the Okies arrived?
(a) Eureka and Arcata.
(b) Sacramento and Lamont.
(c) Wasco and Shafter.
(d) Bakersfield and Sonoma.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What were the mobs referred to as which attempted to scare away the Okies after Mr. Hart's election?

4. What was the name of the principal of the Weedpatch School?

5. Who was the manager of the Weedpatch Camp?

(see the answer key)

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