Correct: The answer is b. Low spent more time cleaning than any other activity. The dust storms blew clouds of dust everywhere so that everything—dishes, furniture, clothes, linens—had to be washed before use.

Incorrect: The answer is b. Low spent more time cleaning than any other activity. The dust storms blew clouds of dust everywhere so that everything—dishes, furniture, clothes, linens—had to be washed before use.

Correct: The answer is b. The season’s crop yield determined a sharecropper’s financial well-being. A portion of the crop yield was always promised to the landlord, and then the family consumed and sold the rest of the crops to make a living. In a bad season, some bills went unpaid, and it was hard to find enough to eat and to have enough clothes to make it through the winter.

Incorrect: The answer is b. The season’s crop yield determined a sharecropper’s financial well-being. A portion of the crop yield was always promised to the landlord, and then the family consumed and sold the rest of the crops to make a living. In a bad season, some bills went unpaid, and it was hard to find enough to eat and to have enough clothes to make it through the winter.

Correct: The answer is c. The reason the Resettlement Administration documented the plight of migrant farmworkers and sharecroppers was to collect data that would be used to develop policies to best serve the needs of the sharecroppers and migrant farmworkers. The Great Plains Committee was charged with investigating the causes of the Dust Bowl and for suggesting possible solutions to the Great Plains region.

Incorrect: The answer is c. The reason the Resettlement Administration documented the plight of migrant farmworkers and sharecroppers was to collect data that would be used to develop policies to best serve the needs of the sharecroppers and migrant farmworkers. The Great Plains Committee was charged with investigating the causes of the Dust Bowl and for suggesting possible solutions to the Great Plains region.

Correct: The answer is a. Steinbeck classified this family as middle class of the squatters’ camp. The family moved into a tent after the father lost the grocery store he owned and where the family used to live.

Incorrect: The answer is a. Steinbeck classified this family as middle class of the squatters’ camp. The family moved into a tent after the father lost the grocery store he owned and where the family used to live.

Correct: The answer is d. The citrus growers agreed to furnish tools and transportation for the workers, but they refused to recognize the Mexican workers’ union.

Incorrect: The answer is d. The citrus growers agreed to furnish tools and transportation for the workers, but they refused to recognize the Mexican workers’ union.