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

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

3. When had the Great Depression begun?

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

5. The trip from the Dust Bowl could take families anywhere from three weeks to how long?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Where did the Okie families camp on their journey west? What food did they eat?

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

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

9. What physical dangers existed due to the dust storms in the Dust Bowl? What sickness arose?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Dewey Russell and his involvement in the Weedpatch School. How did Russell become friends with John Steinbeck? How had the friendship influenced Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the prejudice and segregation faced by the Okies in California. What was the reaction of the local communities to the influx of Okies in the region? Why?

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