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Migrant Mother

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Dorothea Lange was a _____.

a)

Poet

b)

Photographer

c)

Migrant Worker

d)

Musician

2.

During the 1930's Dorothea Lang worked for _____.

a)

The United States Government

b)

Herself

c)

Time Magazine

d)

The Lincoln Evening Courier

3.

The stock market crash of 1929 caused the Great Depression

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Who was The President of the United States of America during the Great Depression?

a)

Barack Obama

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

5.

A pea-picker is a derogatory term for migrant workers during the Great Depression.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Dorothea Lange took a total of _____ photographs of Migrant Mother.

a)

one

b)

five

c)

seven

d)

ten

7.

Who was the subject of Migrant Mother

a)

Susan Lawrence Dana

b)

Florence Owens Thompson

c)

Odette Elaine Turner

d)

Dorothea Lange

8.

The Migrant Mother was taken in _____.

a)

1903

b)

1929

c)

1936

d)

1945

9.

In the late 1960s, the Migrant Mothers original negatives were found in a _____.

a)

dumpster

b)

attic

c)

antique store

d)

art museum

10.

In 1998, a print of Migrant Mother with Dorothea Lange's handwritten notes and signature sold for $_____.

a)

$244

b)

$141,500

c)

$244,500

d)

$1,000,000

11.

The family portrayed in Migrant Mother sold tires in order to buy food.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

The Migrant Mothers identity was unknown until _____.

a)

1948

b)

1958

c)

1968

d)

1978

13.

The woman in Migrant Mother was a full-blooded Native American

a)

True

b)

False

14.

What type of camera did Dorothea Lange use to take Migrant Mother?

a)

Polaroid SX- 70 Instant

b)

4x5 Graflex

c)

GoPro

d)

Apple I-Phone

15.

In 1939 what did Lange have an assistant remove from the original photograph?

a)

Her wedding ring

b)

Her left thumb that wrapped around the tent pole

c)

A pacifier in the babies mouth

d)

A mole on the mothers nose