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

2. In what year did the Department of Agriculture began the construction of farm-labor camps for the Okies?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1936.

3. Where was it rumored among the Okies that grape-pickers were needed when they arrived in California?
(a) Eureka.
(b) Sacramento.
(c) Bakersfield.
(d) Sonoma.

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

5. What is the County Seat of Cimarron County?
(a) Prairieville.
(b) Oklahoma City.
(c) Boise City.
(d) Tulsa.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The migrant workers were increasing the state and county costs for what during the Dust Bowl period in California?

3. What were Okies identified with by stereotype?

4. In the flatlands of the Panhandle, people could see the dust storms coming from up to how far away?

5. Where did the Okie families most often camp at night on their journey west?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What made things worse for the Okie farmers in 1931?

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

4. How did the Okies of the Dust Bowl know when the storms were coming? What precautions had to be taken?

5. Who suffered the most from prejudice among the Okies? Why?

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

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

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

9. What signs did the Okies begin discovering after their arrival in California?

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

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