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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 town did the Okies first cross through in California?

2. What term refers to the sharp, nasal tone of the Okie dialect?

3. How many farm labor camps for the Okies were built by the Department of Agriculture during the Dust Bowl period?

4. What was Route 66 referred to by the Okies?

5. Where was the man from who claimed in Chapter Two: Mother Road, "All you could hear was 'Going to Californ-I-A!'"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How were the Okies living in the federal camps treated by the community? Why?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does Jerry Stanley describe the Oklahoma Panhandle farmers of the 1930s?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the Mother Road, and the hazards that the Okie families faced during this route. What protection did the Okies have from climate elements? What floods were encountered along the way?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Describe the lives of the Okies in the Okievilles versus their situation in the Weedpatch and other federally funded camps. How much did it cost a family to stay at a migrant camp? What was life on the camp like?

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