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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Weedpatch School's population grew to how many students several years after its establishment?
(a) 200.
(b) 100.
(c) 500.
(d) 400.

2. What disease had Leo Hart contracted during his military service?
(a) Asthma.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Dysentery.
(d) Gangrene.

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

4. What organs had Leo Hart lost to his disease after his military service?
(a) Lung and spleen.
(b) Appendix and spleen.
(c) Lung and kidney.
(d) Spleen and kidney.

5. 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.

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

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

8. What were the federal buildings renovated into for the Weedpatch School?
(a) Classrooms.
(b) Dormitories.
(c) Stables.
(d) Cafeterias.

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. How did Okie parents feel about the transformation of their children at the Weedpatch School?
(a) Horrified.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Thrilled.
(d) Disappointed.

Short Answer Questions

1. The field trips and outings offered as rewards for scholastic achievement frequently included going where?

2. Who at the Weedpatch School taught the kids science and sewing so they could make more attractive and better fitting clothes for themselves?

3. What was the official name of the Weedpatch School?

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

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

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