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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The great winds of the Dust Bowl began in what year?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1939.

3. What couple is described as having loaded up their family in Hollis, Oklahoma, in 1938 to head west?
(a) The Smiths.
(b) The Masters.
(c) The Andersons.
(d) The Rosses.

4. Who established the Soil Erosion Service in August 1933?
(a) Harry Truman.
(b) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(c) Jimmy Carter.
(d) Harold L. Ickes.

5. What were Okies identified with by stereotype?
(a) Affected dialects.
(b) Expensive clothing.
(c) Nice cars.
(d) Ratty clothing.

6. What was Route 66 referred to by the Okies?
(a) Devil Road.
(b) Coyote Road.
(c) Bear Road.
(d) Mother Road.

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

8. In what year did the Department of Agriculture began the construction of farm-labor camps for the Okies?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1936.

9. Where was the man from who claimed in Chapter Two: Mother Road, "All you could hear was 'Going to Californ-I-A!'"?
(a) Oklahoma City, OK.
(b) Prairieville, OK.
(c) Porum, OK.
(d) Camden, OK.

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

11. What city was the Dust Bowl centered near?
(a) Beaver, OK.
(b) Goodwell, OK.
(c) Hooker, OK.
(d) Tuscon, OK.

12. More than how many Americans were left homeless due to the Dust Bowl?
(a) 200,000.
(b) 500,000.
(c) 1,000,000.
(d) 3,000,000.

13. Children of farmers in the Dust Bowl were often given the responsibility of cleaning what of dust several times a day?
(a) Horse nostrils.
(b) Chicken coops.
(c) Horse stalls.
(d) Cow's noses.

14. In the flatlands of the Panhandle, people could see the dust storms coming from up to how far away?
(a) 10 miles.
(b) 30 miles.
(c) 20 miles.
(d) 40 miles.

15. What popular Jack Bryant song did the Okie families sing as they made their way west?
(a) "Westward Ho."
(b) "Cally-Ho."
(c) "Okie Song."
(d) "Sunny Cal."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the first Texas town recalled by the Okies on their trek west?

3. The trip from the Dust Bowl to California was nearly how many miles?

4. In what year does the author write it suddenly stopped raining in the Oklahoma Panhandle?

5. Who was President of the United States from 1933 to 1945?

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