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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What often raced before the dust storms, warning the Okies they were on their way?
(a) Horses.
(b) Coyotes and rabbits.
(c) Rabbits and birds.
(d) Birds and horses.

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

5. After the arrival of the Okies, cotton pickers in California were paid how much per hour?
(a) 10 cents.
(b) 50 cents.
(c) 25 cents.
(d) 5 cents.

6. Many of the squatters in Okie communities lived in shacks made of what?
(a) Clay.
(b) Cardboard.
(c) Tires.
(d) Chicken sheds.

7. To survive the Dust Bowl, many farmers relied on a diet of what and biscuits?
(a) Jackrabbits.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Squirrels.
(d) Coyote.

8. The average migrant farmhand during the Dust Bowl period earned as little as how much per week?
(a) $4.
(b) $5.
(c) $3.
(d) $10.

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

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

11. It was said that the farms in California were needing how many farm laborers during the period of the Dust Bowl?
(a) Thousands.
(b) Hundreds of thousands.
(c) Hundreds.
(d) Millions.

12. What did the headlines scream in California in Chapter Four?
(a) California was sinking.
(b) Okies were invading.
(c) The West was Won.
(d) Okies were diseased.

13. 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) Bakersfield and Sonoma.
(d) Wasco and Shafter.

14. In what year did the winds of the Dust Bowl finally subside?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1940.

15. What is the County Seat of Cimarron County?
(a) Boise City.
(b) Prairieville.
(c) Oklahoma City.
(d) Tulsa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Today most of Route 66 is what?

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

3. How did Horace Ray Conley describe the sky during the dust storms?

4. The excess of farm workers arriving in California in the 1930s was good for the farmers because it did what?

5. What popular Jack Bryant song did the Okie families sing as they made their way west?

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