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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. Who, in addition to teaching English, would teach plumbing, electric wiring, sports and aircraft mechanics at the Weedpatch School?
(a) John Smithson.
(b) Andrew McGivens.
(c) John Roberts.
(d) Lee Hanson.

2. It was said that the farms in California were needing how many farm laborers during the period of the Dust Bowl?
(a) Thousands.
(b) Millions.
(c) Hundreds.
(d) Hundreds of thousands.

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

4. What reason did Mr. Hart cite for removing the Okie children from the public schools?
(a) Overcrowding.
(b) Disease.
(c) Fire.
(d) Racism.

5. How old was Leo Hart when he got in the habit of stopping by Weedpatch Camp to play ball with the Okie kids and talk to them?
(a) 40.
(b) 50.
(c) 45.
(d) 30.

Short Answer Questions

1. What half of Colorado was a part of the Dust Bowl?

2. Californians claimed that the Okies were taking what from them during their influx?

3. How many acres of land next to the Weedpatch Camp was Mr. Hart allowed to lease for his school?

4. When there was enough rain, what crops did the Okies in the Panhandle grow?

5. How many families a week were losing their farms to the banks in the Panhandle in 1932?

(see the answer key)

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