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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. How many members were in Rosalene Long's family?

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

3. What happened to many of the Okies who defended their honor against prejudice?

4. How many families a week were losing their farms to the banks in the Panhandle in 1932?

5. How did Horace Ray Conley describe the sky during the dust storms?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did the great migration west begin? Who traveled this route?

2. What was the Mother Road? What dangers did it hold?

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

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

5. What dangers did the Okies face in the Black Mountains? What followed that?

6. How did the arrival of the Okies relate to immigration issues faced by Americans today?

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

8. Where did the Okies form communities after arriving in California? What did they eat there?

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

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

How many farmers lost their land between 1935 and 1940? How many families left the Dust Bowl during this period? Where did they go?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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