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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Two: Mother Road.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. It was said that the farms in California were needing how many farm laborers during the period of the Dust Bowl?
(a) Millions.
(b) Hundreds of thousands.
(c) Thousands.
(d) Hundreds.

2. What is the County Seat of Cimarron County?
(a) Boise City.
(b) Oklahoma City.
(c) Tulsa.
(d) Prairieville.

3. The farmers of the 1930s in the Oklahoma Panhandle were referred to as what kind of farmers?
(a) Dirt.
(b) Wet.
(c) Dry.
(d) Tomato.

4. The trip from the Dust Bowl to California was nearly how many miles?
(a) 4,000.
(b) 3,000.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 1,000.

5. What was Route 66 referred to by the Okies?
(a) Bear Road.
(b) Mother Road.
(c) Coyote Road.
(d) Devil Road.

Short Answer Questions

1. When there was enough rain, what crops did the Okies in the Panhandle grow?

2. It was said amongs the Okies that no one went hungry in California because what were everywhere there?

3. What would people sleep with on their faces to protect themselves from the dust?

4. What was the first major town in New Mexico crossed by the Okies as they headed west?

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

(see the answer key)

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