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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What city in Kern County, California is located 31 miles north-northwest of Bakersfield?
(a) San Francisco, CA.
(b) Sacramento, CA.
(c) Delano, CA.
(d) Eureka, CA.

2. In 1935, the federal government formed what service to coordinate relief activities in the Dust Bowl?
(a) Oklahoma Relief Service.
(b) Roosevelt Relief Service.
(c) Federal Relief Service.
(d) Drought Relief Service.

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

4. The Okie squatter diet consisted largely of boiled cabbage and what?
(a) Squirel.
(b) Corn bread.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Bacon.

5. What term refers to the sharp, nasal tone of the Okie dialect?
(a) Waddle.
(b) Twang.
(c) Mumbo.
(d) Twiddle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word to the Okies represented a magical place with better lives?

2. What danger was in the air created by the wind in the dust storms?

3. When had the Great Depression begun?

4. What is the County Seat of Texas County and largest city in the Oklahoma Panhandle?

5. Some California teachers segregated the Okie children and made them sit where?

(see the answer key)

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