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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. What often raced before the dust storms, warning the Okies they were on their way?

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

3. Where was the man from who claimed in Chapter Two: Mother Road, "All you could hear was 'Going to Californ-I-A!'"?

4. What was the first major town in New Mexico crossed by the Okies as they headed west?

5. Where did families often stop to pick cotton along their route west during the Dust Bowl?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Okies of the Dust Bowl know when the storms were coming? What precautions had to be taken?

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

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

4. Where did the Okie families camp on their journey west? What food did they eat?

5. How were the Okies living in the federal camps treated by the community? Why?

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

7. How did the dust get into the houses of the farmers of the Dust Bowl? How did people protect themselves?

8. How did the region of the Dust Bowl change from 1930 to 1940? What hardships did farmers face?

9. How did the Okies travel west? What was their principle means of transportation?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the geographical region of the Oklahoma Panhandle. Where is it centered and what states are included in the region? What is the climate like?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of prejudice and how it affected the mentality of the Okie people. What other groups have been oppressed in the United States? What impact did each occurrence have on the greater population?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the Mother Road, and the hazards that the Okie families faced during this route. What protection did the Okies have from climate elements? What floods were encountered along the way?

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