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

2. What is the highest peak of the Tehachapi Mountains?
(a) Double Mountain.
(b) Mount Whitney.
(c) McKinley Mountain.
(d) Mount Lyell.

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

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

5. What would people sleep with on their faces to protect themselves from the dust?
(a) Pillow cases.
(b) Wet rags.
(c) Blankets.
(d) Face masks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to many of the Okies who defended their honor against prejudice?

2. The meals of the Okies as they traveled west consisted mostly of potatoes and what?

3. How many families a week were losing their farms to the banks in the Panhandle in 1932?

4. What man gave hope to the suffering Okie children in the end of Chapter Four?

5. In 1936, the author writes that it had not rained more than a few drops in the Panhandle in how many years?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the Federal Government do to help the Okies? When?

2. Describe the Weedpatch Camp. Where was it located?

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

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

5. How did the dust get into the houses of the farmers of the Dust Bowl? How did people protect themselves?

6. How did the Okies travel west? What was their principle means of transportation?

7. How did the arrival of the Okies relate to immigration issues faced by Americans today?

8. What physical dangers existed due to the dust storms in the Dust Bowl? What sickness arose?

9. What was the Mother Road? What dangers did it hold?

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

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