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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In 1935, the federal government formed what service to coordinate relief activities in the Dust Bowl?
(a) Roosevelt Relief Service.
(b) Federal Relief Service.
(c) Oklahoma Relief Service.
(d) Drought Relief Service.

3. The meals of the Okies as they traveled west consisted mostly of potatoes and what?
(a) Bread.
(b) Bacon.
(c) Water.
(d) Soup.

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

5. What condition was caused by severe damage to the lungs by the inhalation of dust?
(a) Emphesema.
(b) Dust pneumonia.
(c) Red pneumonia.
(d) Tuberculosis.

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

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

8. Some California teachers segregated the Okie children and made them sit where?
(a) By the girls.
(b) In the back.
(c) Outside.
(d) On the floor.

9. Who was President of the United States from 1933 to 1945?
(a) Harry Truman.
(b) Jimmy Carter.
(c) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(d) Teddy Roosevelt.

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

11. Where did families often stop to pick cotton along their route west during the Dust Bowl?
(a) Arizona.
(b) New Mexico.
(c) Texas.
(d) Arkansas.

12. The Okie squatter diet consisted largely of boiled cabbage and what?
(a) Squirel.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Corn bread.
(d) Bacon.

13. What division of the Department of Agriculture began the construction of farm-labor camps for the Okies?
(a) The Farm Equity Association.
(b) Department of Farm Security.
(c) Department of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
(d) The Farm Security Administration.

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

15. What was the second northern Texas town passed by the Okies as they headed west?
(a) Shamrock.
(b) Dallas.
(c) Longhorn.
(d) Amarillo.

Short Answer Questions

1. When had the Great Depression begun?

2. From 1930 through 1940, the number of dust bowl farmers declined by how many?

3. What were the squatter communities of the Okies come to be known as?

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

5. What danger was in the air created by the wind in the dust storms?

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