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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. What did Mr. Hart buy and donate to the school to help out?

2. The kids with what percentage or better averages were occasionally taken on field trips organized by their teachers?

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

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

5. How much did the airplane cost which was bought and donated to the Weedpatch School?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Who built the Weedpatch School? How?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of prejudice and how it affected the mentality of the Okie people. What other groups have been oppressed in the United States? What impact did each occurrence have on the greater population?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the effects of the Great Depression on the farmers of the Oklahoma Panhandle. What impact did banking and stocks have on the farmers?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the Okies' crossing of the Black Mountains and the Mojave Desert. What dangers did the Okies face crossing these regions?

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