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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. What did vandals do to harass the teachers of the Weedpatch School?
(a) Released chickens.
(b) Broke their windows.
(c) Slashed their tires.
(d) Sent death threats.

2. What popular Jack Bryant song did the Okie families sing as they made their way west?
(a) "Cally-Ho."
(b) "Westward Ho."
(c) "Okie Song."
(d) "Sunny Cal."

3. How did Okie parents feel about the transformation of their children at the Weedpatch School?
(a) Thrilled.
(b) Disappointed.
(c) Horrified.
(d) Indifferent.

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

5. After the arrival of the Okies, cotton pickers in California were paid how much per hour?
(a) 10 cents.
(b) 5 cents.
(c) 50 cents.
(d) 25 cents.

Short Answer Questions

1. By May, 1941, the student body population at the Weedpatch School had increased to nearly how many students?

2. What couple is described as having loaded up their family in Hollis, Oklahoma, in 1938 to head west?

3. From 1930 through 1940, the number of dust bowl farmers declined by how many?

4. The manager of the Weedpatch Camp was good friends with what author?

5. The Weedpatch School's population grew to how many students several years after its establishment?

(see the answer key)

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