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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The migrant workers were increasing the state and county costs for what during the Dust Bowl period in California?

2. Where did Rosalene Long's family get caught in a flood as they headed west?

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

4. Once the Okies started arriving in the California towns, they found notices that there were how many men for every job there?

5. What division of the Department of Agriculture began the construction of farm-labor camps for the Okies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What stereotypes were the Okies identified by? What happened to Okies who tried to defend themselves?

2. Who suffered the most from prejudice among the Okies? Why?

3. What did the Okies believe about California? How did they envision it there?

4. Where did the Okie children face some hope in the end of Chapter 4: "Okies, Go Home!"?

5. What did the influx of farm workers do to the agricultural economy when they arrived?

6. What did the Oklahoma Panhandle look like by 1936? What change took place at that time?

7. What diseases did the Okies suffer from in California? Why?

8. Where did many families head once they arrived in California? What cities were looking for farmhands?

9. How did the Okies make money while they were traveling west?

10. How does Jerry Stanley describe the Oklahoma Panhandle farmers of the 1930s?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the region of the Tehachapi Mountains and the San Joaquin Valley. What cities did the Okies head to once arriving in California? What did they find there?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the rising hostility toward the Okies of Kern County following Leo Hart's appointment as superintendent. What were "Burn Brigades" and how were they organized?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the effects of the Great Depression on the farmers of the Oklahoma Panhandle. What impact did banking and stocks have on the farmers?

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