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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 official name of the Weedpatch Camp?
(a) Weedpatch Federal Camp.
(b) F.D.R. Camp.
(c) Agriculture Emergency Camp.
(d) Arvin Federal Camp.

2. Who helped Leo Hart build the Weedpatch School, piece by piece?
(a) The Peace Corps.
(b) The students.
(c) The federal agents.
(d) The Army Reserve.

3. The starvation diets and unsanitary conditions of the Okie communities led to disease including tuberculosis, pneumonia and what?
(a) Syphillis.
(b) Dysentery.
(c) Gangrene.
(d) Cholera.

4. 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) Lee Hanson.
(d) John Roberts.

5. What student of the Weedpatch School, who wrote the essay about her father, became a school teacher?
(a) Joyce Foster.
(b) Jessica Spencer.
(c) Sally McAndrews.
(d) Heather Johnson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who showed his total support for Weedpatch School by enrolling his own children there?

2. What term refers to the sharp, nasal tone of the Okie dialect?

3. What danger was in the air created by the wind in the dust storms?

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. Hot breakfasts at the Weedpatch School cost how much per day?

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