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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. Many of the squatters in Okie communities lived in shacks made of what?
(a) Chicken sheds.
(b) Cardboard.
(c) Tires.
(d) Clay.

2. On the first day of work on the Weedpatch School, the kids built what?
(a) A fort.
(b) A trench.
(c) An airplane.
(d) A fish pond.

3. Where was help supposedly needed on cotton and vegetable farms in California after the arrival of the Okies?
(a) Sacramento and Arvin.
(b) Wasco and Shafter.
(c) Arvin and Lamont.
(d) Bakersfield and Sonoma.

4. Of what branch of the military had Leo Hart been a member?
(a) Air Force.
(b) Navy.
(c) Army.
(d) Marines.

5. Many cruel farmers would pour what on surplus food or burn it rather than give it to the starving Okies?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Oil.
(c) Dirt.
(d) Water.

Short Answer 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?

2. What was the name of Leo Hart's wife?

3. The kids at the Weedpatch School were given what responsibility?

4. What did the Okie children refer to the dust storms they'd escaped from when telling about them in Chapter Five: Mr. Hart?

5. How long did the new building at the Weedpatch School take to build?

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