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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is another term which referred to the dust storms during the Dust Bowl?
(a) Red Storms.
(b) Black Blizzards.
(c) Black Storms.
(d) Terror Blizzards.

2. It was said amongs the Okies that no one went hungry in California because what were everywhere there?
(a) Free hunting.
(b) Livestock.
(c) Orchards.
(d) Cattle.

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

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

5. According to the ideas of the Okies, it was big news in California if someone died before the age of what?
(a) 200.
(b) 75.
(c) 100.
(d) 150.

Short Answer Questions

1. By 1940, how many people had moved out of the Plains states due to the Dust Bowl?

2. The average migrant farmhand during the Dust Bowl period worked how many hours a day?

3. What condition was caused by severe damage to the lungs by the inhalation of dust?

4. What was the official name of the Weedpatch Camp?

5. The cost of a family to stay at the Weedpatch Camp was how much per week?

Short Essay Questions

1. What dangers did the Okies face in the Black Mountains? What followed that?

2. Where was the geographical region known as the Dust Bowl? What did the dust do to the farms?

3. Where did the Okie children face some hope in the end of Chapter 4: "Okies, Go Home!"?

4. How did the Okies travel through the Mojave Desert? Why?

5. What did the Okies believe about California? How did they envision it there?

6. What did the Oklahoma Panhandle look like by 1936? What change took place at that time?

7. Where did many families head once they arrived in California? What cities were looking for farmhands?

8. How did the Okies make money while they were traveling west?

9. What were the Okies' impressions of Tehachapi Grade? What was the view looking down?

10. What stereotypes were the Okies identified by? What happened to Okies who tried to defend themselves?

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