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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The kids with what percentage or better averages were occasionally taken on field trips organized by their teachers?
(a) 75.
(b) 100.
(c) 90.
(d) 80.

2. At the Weedpatch School, often kids would miss weeks of school because their parents had what?
(a) Found work miles away.
(b) Removed them from education.
(c) Abandoned them.
(d) Contracted disease.

3. What did Mr. Hart buy and donate to the school to help out?
(a) A cow.
(b) An airplane.
(c) A tractor.
(d) A truck.

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

5. Many parents, after seeing their children improve at the Weedpatch School decided to do what?
(a) Move to San Francisco.
(b) Pay taxes.
(c) Enroll in college.
(d) Stay in Weedpatch.

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

7. The two dilapidated buildings on the land where the Weedpatch School was to be built were formerly what?
(a) A bed and breakfast.
(b) Federal government offices.
(c) Church grounds.
(d) A school.

8. Leo Hart became a school counselor in what county following his education?
(a) Kern County.
(b) Sacramento County.
(c) Mendocino County.
(d) Humboldt County.

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

10. Who at the Weedpatch School taught the kids science and sewing so they could make more attractive and better fitting clothes for themselves?
(a) Rose Gilger.
(b) Edna Gildner.
(c) Mark Allen White.
(d) James Harris.

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

12. Incidents of vandalism against the Okies' school included what dead animals left where the kids would find them?
(a) Birds.
(b) Horses.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Cats.

13. Who was the leader of his fellow students when three carloads of local high school boys drove onto the Weedpatch School grounds, harassing and threatening the Okie students?
(a) Eddie Davis.
(b) Jack Smith.
(c) Bob Wilson.
(d) Doug Davidson.

14. How much money did the Weedpatch School gain from community taxes?
(a) $1,000.
(b) Zero.
(c) $500.
(d) $5,000.

15. Of what branch of the military had Leo Hart been a member?
(a) Air Force.
(b) Army.
(c) Navy.
(d) Marines.

Short Answer Questions

1. What office did Leo Hart decide to run for in Chapter Five: Mr. Hart?

2. 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?

3. One obstacle facing Mr. Hart was the fact that many of the Okie children were what?

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

5. What were the federal buildings renovated into for the Weedpatch School?

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