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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. According to the ideas of the Okies, it was big news in California if someone died before the age of what?
(a) 200.
(b) 100.
(c) 75.
(d) 150.

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

3. What did vandals do to harass the teachers of the Weedpatch School?
(a) Slashed their tires.
(b) Broke their windows.
(c) Released chickens.
(d) Sent death threats.

4. What did vandals do to the original buildings at the Weedpatch School?
(a) Painted them.
(b) Flooded them.
(c) Set fire to them.
(d) Egged them.

5. What office did Leo Hart decide to run for in Chapter Five: Mr. Hart?
(a) Sacramento County Superintendent of Education.
(b) Kern County Superintendent of Education.
(c) Kern County Principal.
(d) Mendocino County Sheriff.

Short Answer Questions

1. To survive the Dust Bowl, many farmers relied on a diet of what and biscuits?

2. People in California during the Dust Bowl period made the observation that there were more Okies than there were what?

3. Many cruel farmers would pour what on surplus food or burn it rather than give it to the starving Okies?

4. What is another term which referred to the dust storms during the Dust Bowl?

5. What condition was caused by severe damage to the lungs by the inhalation of dust?

(see the answer key)

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