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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

4. Who, in addition to teaching English, would teach plumbing, electric wiring, sports and aircraft mechanics at the Weedpatch School?
(a) John Roberts.
(b) Lee Hanson.
(c) John Smithson.
(d) Andrew McGivens.

5. Who at the Weedpatch School taught the kids shoe cobbling so they could repair their parents' shoes?
(a) Mark Allen White.
(b) Victor Jameson.
(c) Andrew McAndrews.
(d) Jim McPherson.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What were the federal buildings renovated into for the Weedpatch School?

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

4. Mr. Hart leased the land next to the Weedpatch Camp for how much money?

5. At the Weedpatch School, often kids would miss weeks of school because their parents had what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How many children initially enrolled in the Weedpatch School? Who did Hart seek to teach there?

2. What rewards were offered the children at the Weedpatch School who excelled academically?

3. Who built the Weedpatch School? How?

4. What was the community reaction when Mr. Hart decided to create a school for the Okie children?

5. What resistance did Hart meet with the Kern County community? What did the citizens think of Mr. Hart?

6. What story is related of Joyce Foster at the Weedpatch School?

7. What were the buildings renovated into for the Weedpatch School?

8. What made progress slow with the Okie children of the Weedpatch School? How did the teachers cope?

9. What practical skills were taught alongside traditional academia to the children at the Weedpatch School?

10. Who taught at the Weedpatch School? What did the instructors teach?

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