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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did the new building at the Weedpatch School take to build?

2. When the Weedpatch School made money on its potato crop, some of the money was used to take over one hundred students where?

3. Where did Leo Hart enroll in college after his military service?

4. Who showed his total support for Weedpatch School by enrolling his own children there?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Where did Leo Hart obtain land for the Weedpatch School? How much did it cost?

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

7. What are examples of the generosity of the administration and faculty at the Weedpatch School?

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

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

10. When did Leo Hart first meet with the students and teachers of the Weedpatch School? Where?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Leo Hart's establishment of the Weedpatch School. What legal matters did Hart have to attend in order to make Weedpatch a possibility? Who did he turn to for help?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Dewey Russell and his involvement in the Weedpatch School. How did Russell become friends with John Steinbeck? How had the friendship influenced Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the disease and health problems which the Okies suffered following their migration west. What food did the Okies survive on? How did this cause health issues?

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