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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Nine: Sunset School and Afterword.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the principal of the Weedpatch School?
(a) Pete Bancroft.
(b) Edna Hart.
(c) Leo Hart.
(d) Joseph Bancroft.

2. What term refers to a small printed notice, advertisement, or announcement, usually for distribution by hand?
(a) Handbill.
(b) Manifesto.
(c) Notebook.
(d) Daily.

3. Californians claimed that the Okies were taking what from them during their influx?
(a) Regulations.
(b) Homes.
(c) Money.
(d) Jobs.

4. What word to the Okies represented a magical place with better lives?
(a) California.
(b) Oregon.
(c) New York.
(d) Canada.

5. How many farm labor camps for the Okies were built by the Department of Agriculture during the Dust Bowl period?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 5.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to many of the Okies who defended their honor against prejudice?

2. How much money did the Weedpatch School gain from community taxes?

3. In what war had Leo Hart recently served upon meeting the Okie children?

4. By 1940, how many people had moved out of the Plains states due to the Dust Bowl?

5. What kind of school was Mr. Hart permitted to build for the Okie children?

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