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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the official name of the Weedpatch Camp?
(a) Agriculture Emergency Camp.
(b) Weedpatch Federal Camp.
(c) Arvin Federal Camp.
(d) F.D.R. Camp.

2. What were Okies identified with by stereotype?
(a) Affected dialects.
(b) Nice cars.
(c) Expensive clothing.
(d) Ratty clothing.

3. Some California teachers segregated the Okie children and made them sit where?
(a) On the floor.
(b) By the girls.
(c) Outside.
(d) In the back.

4. What would people sleep with on their faces to protect themselves from the dust?
(a) Pillow cases.
(b) Blankets.
(c) Face masks.
(d) Wet rags.

5. What condition was caused by severe damage to the lungs by the inhalation of dust?
(a) Dust pneumonia.
(b) Red pneumonia.
(c) Emphesema.
(d) Tuberculosis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was it rumored among the Okies that grape-pickers were needed when they arrived in California?

2. In what California towns were farmhands needed to harvest potatoes according to rumors after the Okies arrived?

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

4. Californians claimed that the Okies were taking what from them during their influx?

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

(see the answer key)

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