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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. Californians claimed that the Okies were taking what from them during their influx?

2. The trip from the Dust Bowl to California was nearly how many miles?

3. What word to the Okies represented a magical place with better lives?

4. Some California teachers segregated the Okie children and made them sit where?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What costs did the Californians believe the Okies were driving up? What discrimination did the Okies face in the west?

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

10. Where was the geographical region known as the Dust Bowl? What did the dust do to the farms?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Dewey Russell and his involvement in the Weedpatch School. How did Russell become friends with John Steinbeck? How had the friendship influenced Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the prejudice and segregation faced by the Okies in California. What was the reaction of the local communities to the influx of Okies in the region? Why?

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