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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By when after the opening of the Weedpatch School had the kids helped to till the field next to the school?
(a) December.
(b) August.
(c) October.
(d) November.

2. Progress at the Weedpatch School was slow and sporadic because many of the children had little or no what?
(a) Formal education.
(b) Tax money.
(c) School supplies.
(d) Lunch money.

3. 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) 40.
(b) 45.
(c) 30.
(d) 50.

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

5. The new building of the Weedpatch School contained classrooms and what?
(a) A cafeteria.
(b) A stable.
(c) A dormitory.
(d) A garden.

6. Where did Leo Hart enroll in college after his military service?
(a) University of Arizona.
(b) University of California.
(c) University of Arkansas.
(d) University of New York.

7. One obstacle facing Mr. Hart was the fact that many of the Okie children were what?
(a) Illiterate.
(b) Spoiled.
(c) Undisciplined.
(d) Disabled.

8. When the Weedpatch School made money on its potato crop, some of the money was used to take over one hundred students where?
(a) A fair.
(b) A bowling alley.
(c) A zoo.
(d) A musuem.

9. Who was hired as a music teacher and when he received a check for a year of services, he donated it back to the school?
(a) Jim McPherson.
(b) Fred Smith.
(c) Rose Gilger.
(d) Andrew McWilliams.

10. How long did the new building at the Weedpatch School take to build?
(a) 7 months.
(b) 9 months.
(c) 5 months.
(d) 3 months.

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

12. Who taught History and Math at the Weedpatch School?
(a) Jim McPherson.
(b) Jesse Anderson.
(c) Mark Allen White.
(d) Andrew McWilliams.

13. In what war had Leo Hart recently served upon meeting the Okie children?
(a) The Korean War.
(b) The Civil War.
(c) World War II.
(d) World War I.

14. What book was banned from Kern County, California, in Chapter Five: Mr. Hart?
(a) The Great Gatsby.
(b) The Grapes of Wrath.
(c) To Have and Have Not.
(d) A Secret Rapture.

15. What did vandals do to the original buildings at the Weedpatch School?
(a) Flooded them.
(b) Painted them.
(c) Set fire to them.
(d) Egged them.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The kids at the Weedpatch School were given what responsibility?

4. Whose hog placed third in the county fair in Chapter Eight: Our School?

5. What was the name of Leo Hart's wife?

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