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

2. Where was help supposedly needed on cotton and vegetable farms in California after the arrival of the Okies?
(a) Arvin and Lamont.
(b) Wasco and Shafter.
(c) Sacramento and Arvin.
(d) Bakersfield and Sonoma.

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

4. When there was enough rain, what crops did the Okies in the Panhandle grow?
(a) Wheat and rice.
(b) Tomatoes and corn.
(c) Cotton and tobacco.
(d) Corn and wheat.

5. How many flat tires did the Masters family have in their first 50 miles headed west?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the Department of Agriculture began the construction of farm-labor camps for the Okies?

2. People in California during the Dust Bowl period made the observation that there were more Okies than there were what?

3. How many members were in Rosalene Long's family?

4. When had the Great Depression begun?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the influx of farm workers do to the agricultural economy when they arrived?

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

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

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

5. Where did the Okies form communities after arriving in California? What did they eat there?

6. What diseases did the Okies suffer from in California? Why?

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

8. What costs did the Californians believe the Okies were driving up? What discrimination did the Okies face in the west?

9. Where did the Okie families camp on their journey west? What food did they eat?

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

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