The Harvest Gypsies

The article mainly takes place in what state?

• Texas
• Ohio
• Colorado
• California

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The author writes that the casual traveler would notice what about the migrant workers?

• They appear and disappear quickly.
• They like music.
• They only come in the spring.
• Most of them are children.

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"For example, a large peach orchard which requires the work of 20 men the year round will need as many as 2000 for the brief time of picking and packing." This quote shows that:

• Migrant workers are necessary at some times of the year.

• The author likes peaches.

• The migrant workers don't often travel.

• Migrant workers like peaches.

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The author claims that native Californians have a "curious attitude" towards migrant workers. He states that they are needed, and they are ____________ (pick word that goes in the blank).

• hated.
• paid well.
• loved.
• well cared for.

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What did most of the workers have to do to get to California?

• pass a test
• win a lottery
• sell all of their possessions to afford it.
• get in a plane.

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Where are the new migrant workers from?

• America

• Jamaica

• Mexico

• The Phillipines

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Where do the original migrant workers come from?

• They're Mexicans and Filipinos

• They're Chinese

• They're Canadian

• They're Israeli

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What disaster has caused these new migrant workers to come to California?

• The Dust Bowl

• The stock market crash

• The death of his father

• The great war

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The term "gypsy" is associated with...

• migrants who move about often

• farmers who got unlucky during the Great Depression

• stationary tribes in Western Europe

• the Latin language

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Where do the harvest gypsies live?

• In squatter camps (i.e. they're homeless)

• In government housing

• On the farms they work on, usually in the barns

• In their cars

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