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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word to the Okies represented a magical place with better lives?

2. Where did the roads begin climbing into the Black Mountains as the Okies traveled west?

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

4. Frequently the wind in the Dust Bowl blew more than how many miles per hour?

5. The excess of farm workers arriving in California in the 1930s was good for the farmers because it did what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the federal programs installed during Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency in hopes of reestablishing the economy after the Great Depression. What programs were instilled to assist the migrant Okie population?

Essay Topic 2

What does Jerry Stanley mean by "dry farmers" when he describes the farmers of the Oklahoma Panhandle? How did the farmers survive?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of prejudice and how it affected the mentality of the Okie people. What other groups have been oppressed in the United States? What impact did each occurrence have on the greater population?

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