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

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

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

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

5. Walls at the Weedpatch School would collapse from what?
(a) Hail.
(b) Wind.
(c) Sleet.
(d) Rain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Doyle Powers get as a reward for doing well on his math test in Chapter Eight: Our School?

2. 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?

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

4. What was the President of the School Board's reaction when Hart informed him he was removing the Okie children from the public schools?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What were some of the obstacles facing Leo Hart in his attempts to help the Okie children?

2. What donations did Leo Hart acquire for the Weedpatch School? From whom?

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

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

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

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

7. How did Leo Hart go about helping the Okie children? What office did he run for?

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

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

10. How did Leo Hart come to meet the children of the Weedpatch Camp? What did he learn from them?

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