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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book was banned from Kern County, California, in Chapter Five: Mr. Hart?
(a) To Have and Have Not.
(b) The Grapes of Wrath.
(c) A Secret Rapture.
(d) The Great Gatsby.

2. What is one of the insults described in the text which were used against Okie children?
(a) They were Germans.
(b) They were intoxicated.
(c) They were sub-human.
(d) They were illegal immigrants.

3. Frequently the wind in the Dust Bowl blew more than how many miles per hour?
(a) 50.
(b) 25.
(c) 30.
(d) 100.

4. What was the name of Leo Hart's wife?
(a) Leo Hart.
(b) James Kinkaid.
(c) Edna Hart.
(d) Andrew Williams.

5. How many farm labor camps for the Okies were built by the Department of Agriculture during the Dust Bowl period?
(a) 5.
(b) 15.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the leader of his fellow students when three carloads of local high school boys drove onto the Weedpatch School grounds, harassing and threatening the Okie students?

2. The new building of the Weedpatch School contained classrooms and what?

3. The manager of the Weedpatch Camp was good friends with what author?

4. The kids at the Weedpatch School were given what responsibility?

5. What city was the Dust Bowl centered near?

(see the answer key)

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