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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four:.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. It was said amongs the Okies that no one went hungry in California because what were everywhere there?
(a) Free hunting.
(b) Orchards.
(c) Cattle.
(d) Livestock.

2. What man gave hope to the suffering Okie children in the end of Chapter Four?
(a) Leo Hart.
(b) Ronald Reagan.
(c) Andrew McCarthy.
(d) Harry Truman.

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

4. What division of the Department of Agriculture began the construction of farm-labor camps for the Okies?
(a) The Farm Equity Association.
(b) Department of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
(c) The Farm Security Administration.
(d) Department of Farm Security.

5. When there was enough rain, what crops did the Okies in the Panhandle grow?
(a) Wheat and rice.
(b) Cotton and tobacco.
(c) Tomatoes and corn.
(d) Corn and wheat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Route 66 referred to by the Okies?

2. More than how many Americans were left homeless due to the Dust Bowl?

3. The average migrant farmhand during the Dust Bowl period worked how many hours a day?

4. How many farm labor camps for the Okies were built by the Department of Agriculture during the Dust Bowl period?

5. How old was Rosalene Long when her family left Stuart, Oklahoma?

(see the answer key)

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