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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How far does the Tehachapi Mountain Range extend?
(a) 100 miles.
(b) 25 miles.
(c) 50 miles.
(d) 40 miles.

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

4. Where was it rumored among the Okies that grape-pickers were needed when they arrived in California?
(a) Sacramento.
(b) Sonoma.
(c) Eureka.
(d) Bakersfield.

5. From 1930 through 1940, the number of dust bowl farmers declined by how many?
(a) 300,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 200,000.
(d) 400,000.

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

7. Once the Okies started arriving in the California towns, they found notices that there were how many men for every job there?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

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

9. In what year does the author write it suddenly stopped raining in the Oklahoma Panhandle?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1934.

10. When had the Great Depression begun?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1929.

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

12. What was the first Texas town recalled by the Okies on their trek west?
(a) Amarillo.
(b) Shamrock.
(c) Dallas.
(d) Longhorn.

13. What happened to many of the Okies who defended their honor against prejudice?
(a) They were disinherited.
(b) They were jailed.
(c) They were exiled.
(d) They were hung.

14. The trip from the Dust Bowl could take families anywhere from three weeks to how long?
(a) Six weeks.
(b) One year.
(c) Six months.
(d) Two years.

15. The average migrant farmhand during the Dust Bowl period worked how many days per week?
(a) 7.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another term which referred to the dust storms during the Dust Bowl?

2. The great winds of the Dust Bowl began in what year?

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

4. According to the ideas of the Okies, it was big news in California if someone died before the age of what?

5. What was the first major town in New Mexico crossed by the Okies as they headed west?

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