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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who bought an airplane from a military surplus facility for the Weedpatch School?
(a) Jim McPherson.
(b) Andrew McWilliams.
(c) Pete Bancroft.
(d) Mark Allen White.

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

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

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

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

9. Who cooked the school lunches in the new cafeteria at the Weedpatch School?
(a) James Skawinski.
(b) Edna Hart.
(c) Edward Ross.
(d) Leo Hart.

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

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

12. 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.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Walls at the Weedpatch School would collapse from what?

2. What were the mobs referred to as which attempted to scare away the Okies after Mr. Hart's election?

3. What kind of school was Mr. Hart permitted to build for the Okie children?

4. The Weedpatch School's population grew to how many students several years after its establishment?

5. Who helped Leo Hart build the Weedpatch School, piece by piece?

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