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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Citizens armed with clubs and what attacked the Weedpatch Camp one night, trying to frighten the Okies away in Chapter Five: Mr. Hart?
(a) Pitchforks.
(b) Torches.
(c) Guns.
(d) Rocks.

2. The kids at the Weedpatch School were given what responsibility?
(a) Raising livestock.
(b) Attending college.
(c) Cooking lunches.
(d) Attending Mass.

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

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

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

6. 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 musuem.
(b) A bowling alley.
(c) A zoo.
(d) A fair.

7. How many acres of land next to the Weedpatch Camp was Mr. Hart allowed to lease for his school?
(a) 20.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 15.

8. Mr. Hart determined that Okie children were essentially what?
(a) Extraordinary.
(b) Ordinary.
(c) Handicapped.
(d) Slow.

9. The Weedpatch School was located just south of what California city?
(a) Arcata.
(b) Sacramento.
(c) Bakersfield.
(d) San Jose.

10. By May, 1941, the student body population at the Weedpatch School had increased to nearly how many students?
(a) 200.
(b) 300.
(c) 150.
(d) 100.

11. 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.

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

13. What was the name of Leo Hart's wife?
(a) James Kinkaid.
(b) Andrew Williams.
(c) Leo Hart.
(d) Edna Hart.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What reason did Mr. Hart cite for removing the Okie children from the public schools?

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

5. Of what branch of the military had Leo Hart been a member?

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