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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. The hot summer before the school was to open, the Okie kids spent morning to night where?

2. When the Weedpatch School made money on its potato crop, some of the money was used to take over one hundred students where?

3. Walls at the Weedpatch School would collapse from what?

4. The field trips and outings offered as rewards for scholastic achievement frequently included going where?

5. What did vandals do to harass the teachers of the Weedpatch School?

Short Essay Questions

1. How many children initially enrolled in the Weedpatch School? Who did Hart seek to teach there?

2. What challenges did the Okie children of the Weedpatch School face in their education?

3. How did Leo Hart go about helping the Okie children? What office did he run for?

4. What rewards were offered the children at the Weedpatch School who excelled academically?

5. Where did Leo Hart obtain land for the Weedpatch School? How much did it cost?

6. What was the community reaction when Mr. Hart decided to create a school for the Okie children?

7. How did Leo Hart come to meet the children of the Weedpatch Camp? What did he learn from them?

8. What resistance did Hart meet with the Kern County community? What did the citizens think of Mr. Hart?

9. What did the Weedpatch School look like after one year? How much did the student body grow?

10. What donations did Leo Hart acquire for the Weedpatch School? From whom?

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

Discuss Leo Hart's establishment of the Weedpatch School. What legal matters did Hart have to attend in order to make Weedpatch a possibility? Who did he turn to for help?

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