Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp Quiz | One Week Quiz A

Jerry Stanley
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Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp Quiz | One Week Quiz A

Jerry Stanley
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Seven: Something to Watch.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was hired as a music teacher and when he received a check for a year of services, he donated it back to the school?
(a) Jim McPherson.
(b) Rose Gilger.
(c) Andrew McWilliams.
(d) Fred Smith.

2. Who at the Weedpatch School taught the kids science and sewing so they could make more attractive and better fitting clothes for themselves?
(a) Edna Gildner.
(b) Mark Allen White.
(c) James Harris.
(d) Rose Gilger.

3. Citizens armed with clubs and what attacked the Weedpatch Camp one night, trying to frighten the Okies away in Chapter Five: Mr. Hart?
(a) Torches.
(b) Guns.
(c) Pitchforks.
(d) Rocks.

4. Where was it rumored among the Okies that grape-pickers were needed when they arrived in California?
(a) Eureka.
(b) Sonoma.
(c) Bakersfield.
(d) Sacramento.

5. What is the highest peak of the Tehachapi Mountains?
(a) McKinley Mountain.
(b) Double Mountain.
(c) Mount Whitney.
(d) Mount Lyell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the federal buildings renovated into for the Weedpatch School?

2. Who helped Leo Hart build the Weedpatch School, piece by piece?

3. Where had Leo Hart gone to recover after his military service?

4. What book was banned from Kern County, California, in Chapter Five: Mr. Hart?

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

(see the answer key)

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