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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term refers to a small printed notice, advertisement, or announcement, usually for distribution by hand?
(a) Manifesto.
(b) Daily.
(c) Notebook.
(d) Handbill.

2. The meals of the Okies as they traveled west consisted mostly of potatoes and what?
(a) Soup.
(b) Water.
(c) Bacon.
(d) Bread.

3. The cost of a family to stay at the Weedpatch Camp was how much per week?
(a) $1.
(b) $5.
(c) $2.
(d) $3.

4. Who established the Soil Erosion Service in August 1933?
(a) Harry Truman.
(b) Jimmy Carter.
(c) Harold L. Ickes.
(d) Franklin D. Roosevelt.

5. What danger was in the air created by the wind in the dust storms?
(a) Static electricity.
(b) Chemicals.
(c) Hail.
(d) Snow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Okies identified with by stereotype?

2. What were the squatter communities of the Okies come to be known as?

3. Who was President of the United States from 1933 to 1945?

4. What couple is described as having loaded up their family in Hollis, Oklahoma, in 1938 to head west?

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

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