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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mr. Hart leased the land next to the Weedpatch Camp for how much money?
(a) $30.
(b) $40.
(c) $1.
(d) $10.

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

3. Hart secured enough what to build a new school building in Chapter Six: Weedpatch School?
(a) Mud.
(b) Coal.
(c) Wood.
(d) Bricks.

4. What did Doyle Powers get as a reward for doing well on his math test in Chapter Eight: Our School?
(a) Money to build a farm.
(b) To go to the museum.
(c) To taxi the plane.
(d) To fly the plane.

5. By May, 1941, the students at the Weedpatch School were separated into how many main groups?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

6. Who was the manager of the Weedpatch Camp?
(a) James Dickins.
(b) Dewey Russell.
(c) William Anderson.
(d) Andrew Granade.

7. In what year did Leo Hart meet with the teachers he had hired and the kids who would be the first students at the new Weedpatch School?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1930.

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

9. The manager of the Weedpatch Camp was good friends with what author?
(a) John Steinbeck.
(b) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(c) James Joyce.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

10. 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) 30.
(b) 50.
(c) 45.
(d) 40.

11. Where had Leo Hart gone to recover after his military service?
(a) Oklahoma.
(b) California.
(c) Arizona.
(d) Kentucky.

12. How much did the airplane cost which was bought and donated to the Weedpatch School?
(a) $200.
(b) $500.
(c) $1,000.
(d) $150.

13. The field trips and outings offered as rewards for scholastic achievement frequently included going where?
(a) The zoo.
(b) The planetarium.
(c) Fishing.
(d) The museum.

14. What kind of school was Mr. Hart permitted to build for the Okie children?
(a) Emergency.
(b) Gifted.
(c) Charter.
(d) Tactile.

15. Whose hog placed third in the county fair in Chapter Eight: Our School?
(a) Andrew Ross'.
(b) Tenaya Jones'.
(c) Mark Skawinski's.
(d) Eddie Davis'.

Short Answer Questions

1. By when after the opening of the Weedpatch School had the kids helped to till the field next to the school?

2. The hot summer before the school was to open, the Okie kids spent morning to night where?

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

4. How long did the new building at the Weedpatch School take to build?

5. Leo Hart became a school counselor in what county following his education?

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