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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. Progress at the Weedpatch School was slow and sporadic because many of the children had little or no what?
(a) Lunch money.
(b) Formal education.
(c) Tax money.
(d) School supplies.

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

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

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

5. How much money did the Weedpatch School gain from community taxes?
(a) $500.
(b) $1,000.
(c) Zero.
(d) $5,000.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who taught History and Math at the Weedpatch School?

4. Who cooked the school lunches in the new cafeteria at the Weedpatch School?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did the Okie parents think of the transformation of their children at the Weedpatch School? Why?

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

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

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

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

8. What did the Weedpatch School look like after one year? How much did the student body grow?

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

10. Who headed a mob which attacked the Weedpatch Camp in Chapter 5: Mr. Hart? Why?

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