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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 city in Kern County, California is located 31 miles north-northwest of Bakersfield?

2. How many flat tires did the Masters family have in their first 50 miles headed west?

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

4. Californians claimed that the Okies were taking what from them during their influx?

5. Who wrote The Grapes of Wrath?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did the Oklahoma Panhandle look like by 1936? What change took place at that time?

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

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

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

6. What did the Federal Government do to help the Okies? When?

7. How did the arrival of the Okies relate to immigration issues faced by Americans today?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Leo Hart's establishment of the Weedpatch School. What legal matters did Hart have to attend in order to make Weedpatch a possibility? Who did he turn to for help?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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