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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eight: Our School.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The two dilapidated buildings on the land where the Weedpatch School was to be built were formerly what?
(a) A school.
(b) Church grounds.
(c) A bed and breakfast.
(d) Federal government offices.

2. Where were Okies allowed to sit in movie theaters during their discrimination in California?
(a) The balcony.
(b) The back row.
(c) The basement.
(d) The front row.

3. The meals of the Okies as they traveled west consisted mostly of potatoes and what?
(a) Soup.
(b) Water.
(c) Bacon.
(d) Bread.

4. How long did the new building at the Weedpatch School take to build?
(a) 9 months.
(b) 5 months.
(c) 7 months.
(d) 3 months.

5. By May, 1941, the students at the Weedpatch School were separated into how many main groups?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. Leo Hart became a school counselor in what county following his education?

2. Once the Okies started arriving in the California towns, they found notices that there were how many men for every job there?

3. Where was the man from who claimed in Chapter Two: Mother Road, "All you could hear was 'Going to Californ-I-A!'"?

4. Who headed the mob which burned down an Okie migrant camp near the Kern River in Chapter Five: Mr. Hart?

5. What is one of the insults described in the text which were used against Okie children?

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