View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Six: Weedpatch School.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children were initially enrolled in the Weedpatch School?
(a) 25.
(b) 35.
(c) 50.
(d) 40.

2. What disease had Leo Hart contracted during his military service?
(a) Gangrene.
(b) Asthma.
(c) Dysentery.
(d) Tuberculosis.

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) Pitchforks.
(b) Rocks.
(c) Torches.
(d) Guns.

4. How old was Rosalene Long when her family left Stuart, Oklahoma?
(a) Three.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Six.
(d) Nine.

5. Many items for the Weedpatch School were donated by whom?
(a) NATO.
(b) The state government.
(c) The federal government.
(d) The community.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the mobs referred to as which attempted to scare away the Okies after Mr. Hart's election?

2. What was the President of the School Board's reaction when Hart informed him he was removing the Okie children from the public schools?

3. Where did families often stop to pick cotton along their route west during the Dust Bowl?

4. How many farm labor camps for the Okies were built by the Department of Agriculture during the Dust Bowl period?

5. The great winds of the Dust Bowl began in what year?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 190 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample