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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Seven: Something to Watch.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Okie children refer to the dust storms they'd escaped from when telling about them in Chapter Five: Mr. Hart?
(a) Awful nights.
(b) Terror winds.
(c) Black clouds.
(d) Red storms.

2. Who at the Weedpatch School taught the kids science and sewing so they could make more attractive and better fitting clothes for themselves?
(a) James Harris.
(b) Edna Gildner.
(c) Rose Gilger.
(d) Mark Allen White.

3. How much did the airplane cost which was bought and donated to the Weedpatch School?
(a) $1,000.
(b) $500.
(c) $150.
(d) $200.

4. The average migrant farmhand during the Dust Bowl period worked how many days per week?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 7.
(d) 6.

5. Who headed the mob which burned down an Okie migrant camp near the Kern River in Chapter Five: Mr. Hart?
(a) The mayor.
(b) The fire chief.
(c) The principal.
(d) The sheriff.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the principal of the Weedpatch School?

2. The starvation diets and unsanitary conditions of the Okie communities led to disease including tuberculosis, pneumonia and what?

3. On the first day of work on the Weedpatch School, the kids built what?

4. What is the highest peak of the Tehachapi Mountains?

5. The new building of the Weedpatch School contained classrooms and what?

(see the answer key)

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