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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Many items for the Weedpatch School were donated by whom?
(a) The community.
(b) NATO.
(c) The federal government.
(d) The state government.

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

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

4. Who headed the mob which burned down an Okie migrant camp near the Kern River in Chapter Five: Mr. Hart?
(a) The principal.
(b) The sheriff.
(c) The fire chief.
(d) The mayor.

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

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

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

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

9. How many children were initially enrolled in the Weedpatch School?
(a) 50.
(b) 35.
(c) 40.
(d) 25.

10. 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) Andrew McWilliams.
(d) Rose Gilger.

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

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

13. What was the name of the principal of the Weedpatch School?
(a) Leo Hart.
(b) Joseph Bancroft.
(c) Edna Hart.
(d) Pete Bancroft.

14. The hot summer before the school was to open, the Okie kids spent morning to night where?
(a) The corn fields.
(b) The canning factory.
(c) The industry mill.
(d) The cotton fields.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who at the Weedpatch School taught the kids shoe cobbling so they could repair their parents' shoes?

2. 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?

3. Hart secured enough what to build a new school building in Chapter Six: Weedpatch School?

4. Who bought an airplane from a military surplus facility for the Weedpatch School?

5. Mr. Hart determined that Okie children were essentially what?

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