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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 amongst the Okies suffered the most according to the author?
(a) The men.
(b) The elderly.
(c) The children.
(d) The women.

2. What word to the Okies represented a magical place with better lives?
(a) Oregon.
(b) New York.
(c) Canada.
(d) California.

3. The average migrant farmhand during the Dust Bowl period worked how many hours a day?
(a) 20.
(b) 12.
(c) 14.
(d) 16.

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

5. What man gave hope to the suffering Okie children in the end of Chapter Four?
(a) Harry Truman.
(b) Leo Hart.
(c) Andrew McCarthy.
(d) Ronald Reagan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once the Okies started arriving in the California towns, they found notices that there were how many men for every job there?

2. How old was Rosalene Long when her family left Stuart, Oklahoma?

3. The trip from the Dust Bowl to California was nearly how many miles?

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

5. When had the Great Depression begun?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did the region of the Dust Bowl change from 1930 to 1940? What hardships did farmers face?

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

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

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

8. When did the great migration west begin? Who traveled this route?

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

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

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