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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Five: Mr. Hart.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did the winds of the Dust Bowl finally subside?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1932.

2. Where did Leo Hart enroll in college after his military service?
(a) University of California.
(b) University of New York.
(c) University of Arkansas.
(d) University of Arizona.

3. How many members were in Rosalene Long's family?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Six.

4. Where did the Okie families most often camp at night on their journey west?
(a) By highways.
(b) By towns.
(c) By streams.
(d) By churches.

5. What is the highest peak of the Tehachapi Mountains?
(a) Mount Lyell.
(b) Mount Whitney.
(c) Double Mountain.
(d) McKinley Mountain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What danger was in the air created by the wind in the dust storms?

2. What is the County Seat of Texas County and largest city in the Oklahoma Panhandle?

3. What half of Colorado was a part of the Dust Bowl?

4. What division of the Department of Agriculture began the construction of farm-labor camps for the Okies?

5. In what California towns were farmhands needed to harvest potatoes according to rumors after the Okies arrived?

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