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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. The Tehachapi Mountains lead directly into what valley in California?
(a) Death Valley.
(b) Sacramento Valley.
(c) Antelope Valley.
(d) San Joaquin Valley.

2. 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) Fred Smith.
(b) Jim McPherson.
(c) Rose Gilger.
(d) Andrew McWilliams.

3. In what war had Leo Hart recently served upon meeting the Okie children?
(a) The Civil War.
(b) World War I.
(c) World War II.
(d) The Korean War.

4. Who showed his total support for Weedpatch School by enrolling his own children there?
(a) Rose Gilger.
(b) Jim McPherson.
(c) Andrew McWilliams.
(d) Pete Bancroft.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who bought an airplane from a military surplus facility for the Weedpatch School?

2. Of what branch of the military had Leo Hart been a member?

3. In what California towns were farmhands needed to harvest potatoes according to rumors after the Okies arrived?

4. What was the name of the principal of the Weedpatch School?

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

(see the answer key)

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