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

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

3. What were the squatter communities of the Okies come to be known as?
(a) Okievilles.
(b) Shantilands.
(c) Slumlands.
(d) Okieshanties.

4. What was the second northern Texas town passed by the Okies as they headed west?
(a) Longhorn.
(b) Dallas.
(c) Shamrock.
(d) Amarillo.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Rosalene Long's family get caught in a flood as they headed west?

3. How many members were in Rosalene Long's family?

4. The average migrant farmhand during the Dust Bowl period earned as little as how much per week?

5. Today most of Route 66 is what?

(see the answer key)

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