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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. Who was hired as a music teacher and when he received a check for a year of services, he donated it back to the school?
(a) Rose Gilger.
(b) Fred Smith.
(c) Andrew McWilliams.
(d) Jim McPherson.

2. Who was the leader of his fellow students when three carloads of local high school boys drove onto the Weedpatch School grounds, harassing and threatening the Okie students?
(a) Bob Wilson.
(b) Doug Davidson.
(c) Jack Smith.
(d) Eddie Davis.

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

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

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

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. What was the name of Leo Hart's wife?

3. The manager of the Weedpatch Camp was good friends with what author?

4. By when after the opening of the Weedpatch School had the kids helped to till the field next to the school?

5. What disease had Leo Hart contracted during his military service?

Short Essay Questions

1. What nontraditional responsibilities were the children of the Weedpatch School given?

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

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

4. What had led to Leo Hart's obtaining an education degree? How was he injured from the war?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What challenges did the Okie children of the Weedpatch School face in their education?

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