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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. In the flatlands of the Panhandle, people could see the dust storms coming from up to how far away?
(a) 30 miles.
(b) 40 miles.
(c) 10 miles.
(d) 20 miles.

2. What is the County Seat of Texas County and largest city in the Oklahoma Panhandle?
(a) Oklahoma City.
(b) Guymon.
(c) Tulsa.
(d) Boise City.

3. In what year does the author write it suddenly stopped raining in the Oklahoma Panhandle?
(a) 1931.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1928.
(d) 1929.

4. Where did the roads begin climbing into the Black Mountains as the Okies traveled west?
(a) Whitney, California.
(b) Kingman, Arizona.
(c) Santa Fe, New Mexico.
(d) Anderson, Arizona.

5. What popular Jack Bryant song did the Okie families sing as they made their way west?
(a) "Sunny Cal."
(b) "Westward Ho."
(c) "Okie Song."
(d) "Cally-Ho."

Short Answer Questions

1. How many flat tires did the Masters family have in their first 50 miles headed west?

2. What is the County Seat of Cimarron County?

3. What town did the Okies first cross through in California?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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