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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. The Okie squatter diet consisted largely of boiled cabbage and what?

2. What was the official name of the Weedpatch Camp?

3. The great winds of the Dust Bowl began in what year?

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

5. In 1935, the federal government formed what service to coordinate relief activities in the Dust Bowl?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the economic impact of the Dust Bowl on America. How was agriculture affected by the loss of farmland in the Midwest? How did farmers survive?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the disease and health problems which the Okies suffered following their migration west. What food did the Okies survive on? How did this cause health issues?

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