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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did Leo Hart study in college after his military service?
(a) Mechanics.
(b) Agriculture.
(c) Education.
(d) Economics.

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

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

6. The field trips and outings offered as rewards for scholastic achievement frequently included going where?
(a) The zoo.
(b) The planetarium.
(c) Fishing.
(d) The museum.

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 school.
(c) A bed and breakfast.
(d) Church grounds.

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

9. What was the official name of the Weedpatch School?
(a) The Arvin Federal Emergency School.
(b) The Kern County Emergency School.
(c) The Weedpatch Emergency School.
(d) The F.D. Roosevelt Emergency School.

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

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

12. On the first day of work on the Weedpatch School, the kids built what?
(a) A fort.
(b) A trench.
(c) An airplane.
(d) A fish pond.

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

14. 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?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1937.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of airplane did the Weedpatch School have?

2. By May, 1941, the student body population at the Weedpatch School had increased to nearly how many students?

3. Who showed his total support for Weedpatch School by enrolling his own children there?

4. How long did the new building at the Weedpatch School take to build?

5. Progress at the Weedpatch School was slow and sporadic because many of the children had little or no what?

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