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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Three: Dead Time.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many farm labor camps for the Okies were built by the Department of Agriculture during the Dust Bowl period?
(a) 5.
(b) 12.
(c) 10.
(d) 15.

2. The great winds of the Dust Bowl began in what year?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1942.

3. What would people sleep with on their faces to protect themselves from the dust?
(a) Pillow cases.
(b) Face masks.
(c) Blankets.
(d) Wet rags.

4. What city was the Dust Bowl centered near?
(a) Tuscon, OK.
(b) Hooker, OK.
(c) Beaver, OK.
(d) Goodwell, OK.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What half of Kansas was a part of the Dust Bowl?

2. From 1930 through 1940, the number of dust bowl farmers declined by how many?

3. What often raced before the dust storms, warning the Okies they were on their way?

4. What was the second northern Texas town passed by the Okies as they headed west?

5. Many of the squatters in Okie communities lived in shacks made of what?

(see the answer key)

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