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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Six: Weedpatch School.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Horace Ray Conley describe the sky during the dust storms?
(a) Gray.
(b) Red.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Black.

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

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

4. Incidents of vandalism against the Okies' school included what dead animals left where the kids would find them?
(a) Horses.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Cats.
(d) Birds.

5. What town did the Okies first cross through in California?
(a) Berkeley.
(b) Whitney.
(c) Sacramento.
(d) Needles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city was the Dust Bowl centered near?

2. What did the headlines scream in California in Chapter Four?

3. Who, in addition to teaching English, would teach plumbing, electric wiring, sports and aircraft mechanics at the Weedpatch School?

4. Hart secured enough what to build a new school building in Chapter Six: Weedpatch School?

5. The two dilapidated buildings on the land where the Weedpatch School was to be built were formerly what?

(see the answer key)

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